Saganaga
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Saganaga
was a cargo steamer built by D & W Henderson Company
in Scotland, and was launched in 1935 for the British
company The South Georgia Company. While
she laid at anchor outside Bell island loaded with iron
ore, she was attacked 5.
September 1942 by the German uboat U-513 under
command of Rolf Rüggeberg. She was the first ship to be
torpedoed and sunk, and the steamer
Lord Strathcona came to assist, but were also sunk
soon after. 29 men of her crew lost their lives in the
sinking. The wreck rest today standing on her keel on a
depth of 18 to 35 meter south of Bell Island.
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52°59'00.0"W Last updated: March 2020 |
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