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On 2 July 1943, the Hoihow was en route without escort from Port Louis, Mauritius, to Tamatave, Madagascar, with 48 passengers on board when she was torpedoed by U-181 and sunk in three minutes 105 miles (169 km) west-north-west of Mauritius, in the Indian Ocean, position 19°30'S/55°30'E. The captain, 90 crew members, 7 gunners and 47 passengers lost their lives. Three sailors and one passenger were rescued by the American cargo ship SS Mormacswan, which landed them in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 25 July.
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Commemorated on:
Page 190 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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