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11)DORIC STAR (ADM. GRAF SPEE)
Photo http://www.benjidog.co.uk/allen/Images/ImagesB/bsl00032.jpg
Built: 1921
Tonnage: 10,086 / 13,550 tons
Cargo: 8,000 tons of general cargo, including meat, dairy produce, calf skins and casein.
Sunk 2 Dec 39 by Adm GRAF SPEE on pos 19º 15'S 05º 05'E
0 Dead
64 Survivors
Had departed New Zealand outbound for England, stopping Sydney and Capetown with a cargo of frozen meat, dairy products and wool. She was intercepted by GRAF SPEE 600 miles W of SW Africa. Passengers as well as the crew were transferred to the raider and the DORIC STAR was shelled and sunk. Nonetheless the radio operator sent a distress signal with her position.
Doric Star being shelled by Adm Graf Spee. Picture by Michael Pocock . www.maritimequest.com
A motor boat with a boarding party is seen from the Graf Spee. Picture by Michael Pocock www.maritimequest.com
The stern is clearly visible with its deck gun. Picture by Michael Pocock www.maritimequest.com
Crewmen from Doric Star come close alongside Graf Spee. Picture by Michel Pocock www.maritimequest.com
Doric Star in her death throes is shelled by the powerful guns of Adm Graf Spee. Soon she will slip beneath the waves. Picture by Michael Pocock www.maritimequest.com
Doric Star being struck by one torpedo from Graf Spee. Photo by Michael Pocock www.maritimequest.com
