MalmangerMalmanger - Postcard from Bjorn Milde, Norway Built by: Sir James Laing and Sons Ltd. Completed: 1920 Manager: Westfal-Larsen & Co, A/S Tonnage: 7078 grt, 10,925 dwt Length: 425 feet Beam: 57 feet Draught: 33.1 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine Speed: 11 knots In Admiralty Service (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) from 1940 Malmanger left Trinidad on the 29 July 1942 on passage to Pointe Noir with a cargo of fuel oil in convoy E.5, until the convoy dispersed and the ship continued independently. At 22:37 hrs on 9 August she was torpedoed by U 130 at position 07º 13’N 26º 30’W, the U boat fired two torpedoes, both of which struck home and the ship sank by the stern in approximately 5 mins. Two members of the crew were killed in the attack, the rest managed to get away in the ships boats, however the U Boat surfaced and took the Captain and 1st Engineer as prisoners. On board this vessel were 24 Norwegian, 5 British, 1 Irish and 1 Canadian seamen.
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