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Does anybody know if the MV Mangkalihat has been found and if any salvage work has been carried out.
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Re: MV Mangkalihat
Records are foundDoes anybody know if the MV Mangkalihat has been found and if any salvage work has been carried out.
The Dutch steamer Mangkalihat (8457 tons, built 192
under captain P.G. van Striemen was originally the German Lindenfels, captured in the Netherlands East Indies. Recommissioned under the Dutch ensign, she was now enroute from New York to Capetown with a full cargo of stores, among other things, 2400 tons of explosives. Approaching Capetown, the distress signal of the Dalfram was heard. Van Striemen ordered to increase speed, which would allow the ship to enter the swept channel during the day. Suddenly, at 0715 in the morning of May 4, an explosion jolted the ship, followed by a large column of water. Yellow smoke appeared from No. 1 hold. The engine was stopped and the crew were ordered to prepare to abandon ship. Speed was of the essence, as No. 1 hold quickly began to take on water and the ship was rapidly settling by the bow. However, No. 2 hold appeared to be undamaged and the captain had hope he could save his ship. Around 0722, the Mangkalihat started to pick up speed.
Some time later, the armed trawler Tordonn (314 tons) came to assist the battered ship, and captain Van Striemen immediately asked the trawler to take on a portion of the crew as a precaution. 63 men were then transferred to the small Tordonn, while a skeleton crew tried to keep the Mangkalihat going. The main concern was that the bulkhead between no. 1 and 2 holds would collapse under the force of numerous tons of water. Around 1240, the ship able to moor at Capetown. This story would most certainly have had a different ending if the 2400 tons of explosives had ignited.
Inspection by divers later revealed there was a hole of 9 by 5 metres in the bow. The repairs to Mangkalihat were difficult, as no large drydock was available, and it was questionable if she could make the trip to Simonstown safely. Fortunately, the Dutch engineer Van Overbeek had the novel idea of constructing a pontoon, sliding it under the damaged portion of the hull, and thus lifting the bow of Mangkalihat out of the water. This piece of engineering proved to work out extremely well, and the "Cape Steel Construction Company" was able to begin repairs shortly before Christmas. She made her first trip in April of the following year. ( It is quite ironical that a former German ship in Allied service was damaged by a former British ship in German service !)
Mangkalihat 1928 ex- Lindenfels (Hansa Line), 1940 seized by Holland renamed Mangkalihat, 1943 torpedoed and sunk. 7,457 Mangkalihat (ex Lindenfels 1928 DDG Hansa 8.457 brt.) op 01-08-1943 getorpedeerd door U 198 18 doden.
Name Mangkalihat
Type: Steam merchant
Tonnage 8.457 tons
Completed 1928 - Joh.C. Tecklenborg AG Schiffswerft u. Maschinenfabrik, Wesermünde
Owner NV Stoomvaart Mij 'Nederland', Amsterdam
Homeport Amsterdam
Date of attack 1 Aug, 1943 Nationality: Dutch
Fate Sunk by U-198 (Werner Hartmann)
Position 25.06S, 34.14E - Grid KP 3755
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Complement 102 (18 dead and 84 survivors).
Convoy BC-2
Route Suez - Mombasa - Beira - Durban - Capetown - UK
Cargo Copper, sisal and tobacco
History Built as German Lindenfels for Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts Ges. 'Hansa', Bremen. On 10 May 1940, the ship was seized at Sabang by Netherlands and renamed Mangkalihat.
Notes on loss At 18.51 hours on 1 Aug, 1943, U-198 fired its last torpedo at the convoy BC-2 and hit the Mangkalihat after 4 minutes 10 seconds. An earlier attack with two bow torpedoes had been unsuccessful. The crew abandoned ship because the engine room, boiler room and #3 hold were flooded. Ten crew members and eight passengers were lost. The HMS Freesia (K 43) took the ship in tow the next morning in 25°11S/34°06E, while a skeleton crew reboarded the vessel. On 3 August, the HMS Prudent (W 73) came to assist and used her pumps to keep the ship afloat. In the early morning of 4 August, the tug took over the tow, but the Mangkalihat foundered during the day in 25°44S/33°32E.
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MV Mangkalihat (ex Lindenfels 1928 DDG Hansa 8.457 brt.) op 01-08-1943 getorpedeerd door U 198 18 doden..jpg -
Re: MV Mangkalihat
Beste Folkert / forumleden ,
Wat betekent binnen "de draad motorvessel Mangkalihat " het cirkeltje met daarin een kleine cursieve i (ik mag aannemen informatie ? ) en het precieze doel ervan,ik zie hetzelfde ook bij Schepen van Weleer.
Ook de mededeling "gesloten" en de precieze bedoeling ? (bijvoorbeeeld draad 1942 Nederl.Indië )
Ik denk,Folkert , dat jij daar meer over kan vertellen.
Beste groet,
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Re: MV Mangkalihat
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Re: MV Mangkalihat
Beste Folkert,
Dank ,dit was duidelijk
Beste groet,ChristianReactie
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