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Built: 1930
Tonnage: 2,357 / 4,064 tons
Cargo: 2,800 tons of coffee
Route: Dakar - Algeria
Date of attack 9 Apr 1943
Sunk 9 Apr 1943 by U-515 on pos. 14° 57'N, 17° 15'W
20 Dead
17 Survivors
At 02.34 hours on 9 April 1943 the Bamako was torpedoed and sunk by U-515 in a small convoy off Dakar.
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Ship was hit by two stern torpedos fore and aft, capsized and sank.
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