SS TILAWA 1942 | The Forgotten Tragedy | Nov 23 1942

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Who attacked and destroyed SS Tilawa?

23 November 1942.


Indian Ocean, NW of the Maldive Islands. I-29 torpedoes and sinks the British India Company 10,006-ton armed passenger/cargo liner TILAWA on her way from Bombay to Mombasa and Durban with 6,472 tons of general cargo. After the first torpedo hit most passengers can abandon their ship in 10 life boats and 43 life rafts; an hour later they decide to reboard TILAVA, but after the second hit the liner goes down in position 07-36N, 61-08E.


Of 958 people on board TILAWA, 252 passengers and 28 crew are lost. Cruiser HMS BIRMINGHAM rescues 678 and the armed merchant cruiser CARTHAGE 4 survivors.

SS TILAWA
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HMS Birmingham 
Japanese submarine I-29 Torpedo 
Silver Bars 2391
Cargo

Japanese Submarine I-29 

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with the crew of Japanese Submarine I -29 after Meeting with The German Submarine U- 180 300 Sm southeast From Madagascar. 28 April 1943

SS TILAWA
TILAWA 1942
HMS Birmingham 
Japanese submarine I-29 Torpedo 
Silver Bars 2391
Cargo

Japanese Submarine I-29 Crew 

Wikipedia INFO (Japanese submarine I-29)

Subhas Chandra Bose - Voyage from Germany (U -180) to Tokyo (I-29)

WW2 Japanese Submarine Action in the Indian Ocean.

Japanese Submarine At Sea - 250132-03 | Footage Farm Ltd.

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