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19 Nov 1942

South Africa
  • Survivors of Panamanian steam merchant ship Plaudit, sunk by German submarine U-181 11 days prior, were rescued by the South African trawler HMSAS African (T 01) which was led to the survivors by a British patrol aircraft. They were transferred to an RAF crash launch and then landed at Port Elizabeth, South Africa. ww2dbase [Port Elizabeth, Cape Province | HM]

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