DateNov-1942
TypeSea Disaster
ActivityDutch merchant ship Zaandam torpedoed by the U-174 amidships, sank & dozens of survivors took to rafts & boats. One man, Izzi, who drifted 83 days on a raft related that sharks attacked many men in the water when the ship went down
InjuryFATAL
VictimMale
SourceM. Murphy; V.M. Coppleson (1962), pp.207-208
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