At 18.07 hours on 18 Feb 1942 the neutral Olinda (Master Jacob Benemond) was stopped by U-432 off Cape Hatteras with a shot across her bow. The crew abandoned ship in two lifeboats and was questioned by the Germans. The vessel was shelled and …

Jun 6, 2021 · The SS freighter Olinda was sunk by U-boat U-432 in American waters shortly after the United States entered the war (7 December 1941). The vessel was sailing from Brazil with a cargo of cocoa beans, coffee and oil.

OLINDA SS was a Brazilian cargo steamer of 4,053 tons built in 1905. On the 18th February 1942 when on route from Pernambuco & St Lucia for New York carrying a cargo of cocoa & castor beans when she was sunk by German submarine U-432. Crew of 46 saved.

O vapor Olinda foi o terceiro navio brasileiro atacado na Segunda Guerra Mundial, e o segundo a ser afundado após o rompimento das relações do Brasil com o Eixo, no dia 18 de fevereiro de 1942, ao largo do Cabo Hatteras, na costa leste dos Estados Unidos, pelo submarino alemão U-432, o mesmo que torpedeara o Buarque três dias antes ...

Olinda, departed from San Miguel, Spain, and arrived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 3 April 1895. SS Esperanca , departed from Brava, Cape Verde Islands, 4 April 1903 and arrived in New Bedford, Massachusetts, 11 May 1903.

The German SS Olanda was stopped, shelled and sunk by British cruiser HMS Ajax. Not having a prize crew available to seize the enemy merchantman, Ajax shells and sinks her on 4 September, 33°20N 048°50W.

Brazilian SS Olinda sunk by midget U-boat off U S Atlantic coast; crew safe, Norfolk; officers who were taken aboard U-boat int; Brazilian reaction; Buenos Aires source says other ships...

On June 11th, 1895, the Portuguese cargo ship OLINDA, built in 1887 by Blumer, John & Co. and owned by J. H. Andresen, on voyage from Lisboa to New York with a cargo of corkwood, was wrecked at Fisher's Island.

SS OLINDA Sailed From The Azores and Arrived at The Port of New York on July 2, 1892. I, J Marrieras Master of the Portguese.

Nov 8, 1998 · SS OLINDA Sailed From Oparto and Lisbon via the Azores and Arrived at The Port of New York on 2 May, 1892