Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines


Chile

TypeCargo ship
CountryDanish Danish
Built1915GRT6,956

Date of attack8 Jun 1942Time0005
FateSunk by submarine Leonardo da Vinci (C.C. Luigi Longanesi Cattani)
Position of attack4° 17'N, 13° 17'W
Complement44 (5 dead and 39 survivors)
Convoy
Notes At 1815 hours on 7 June 1942, a four-masted 9,000-ton vessel was sighted. Da Vinci took an interception course.

At 2328 hours, a pair of torpedoes was fired but missed.

This was the Danish Chile (6,956 GRT, built 1915). She was on a trip to Liverpool carrying 6,380 tons of ground nuts, 2,500 tons of pig iron and 800 tons of cotton seed.

At 0005 hours on 8th June, a second pair of torpedoes was fired. Both hit on the port side of the engine room and she sank. Five were killed. The thirty-nine survivors were picked up by the trawler HMT Spaniard.

Position of attack

Ships hit by Italian submarines