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ss VIMEIRA
built by Robert Duncan & Co Port Glasgow,
Yard No 379
Port of Registry: Glasgow
Propulsion: steam, triple expansion, 11 knots
Launched: Thursday, 22/09/1927
Built: 1927
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 5728 grt
Length: 410.1 feet
Breadth: 54.5 feet
Draught: 30.1 feet
Owner History:
Gow, Harrison & Co., Glasgow
Status: Torpedoed & Sunk - 11/08/1942
Remarks: From the Dictionary of Disasters At Sea (Hocking/Lloyds)
The tanker Vimeira, Capt. N. R. Caird, was torpedoed by a German submarine (U.109) on August llth, 1942, approximately 500 miles S.W. of the Cape Verde Islands, and then sunk by gunfire. One lifeboat under charge of the second officer, Mr. Duncan Campbell, containing 16 men was picked up by the British steamship Sylvia de Larrinaga two days later, but this vessel was torpedoed shortly afterwards and the Vimeira's men got away in the same lifeboat. After a voyage of 29 days, during which time they suffered great hardship from exposure and lack of drinking water, they were picked up by the Norwegian motorship Stranger and landed at Takoradi without loss. A further four survivors landed at Takoradi, but 19 of the crew and four gunners were lost. Mr. Campbell was awarded the M.B.E. for his fine seamanship while in charge of the boat and Apprentice lan MacKinnon was commended for his cheerfulness and unselfish example during the 29 days adrift. Capt. Caird, who commanded the Virgilia (search in database for her) when she was torpedoed by a motor torpedo boat in November, 1941, was taken prisoner and spent 52 days on board the submarine before reaching Germany.
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