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The SS ''Mareeba'' was an Australian freighter built in 1921〔(North Queensland at War )〕 and named after the town of Mareeba in Far North Queensland, Australia. She was a 3,472-ton Australasian United Steam Navigation Company vessel.〔(Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) – Kormoran )〕 The ''Mareeba'' was attacked and sunk〔(HMAS Sydney II – Auxiliary cruiser Kormoran )〕 in the Bay of Bengal on the 26th of June, 1941 by the German auxiliary cruiser ''Kormoran''.〔(The Sinking of HMAS Sydney: 10. Replacing the Sydney and Writing the Official History )〕〔(Australian National Archives ) – ''Sinking of the SS Mareeba'' – Barcode: 404718 Series Number: MP1049/5 Series accession number: MP1049/5/0 Control symbol: 2026/10/1855〕 She was carrying 5000 tons of sugar from Batavia to Colombo〔 when she picked up the Yugoslav freighter ''Velebit's'' distress signal. Instead of immediately stopping the ''Mareeba'' radioed her position and ran for it, presumably because at 8 o'clock that morning she had spotted the British light cruiser HMS ''Durban'', in the Ten Degree Channel.〔(Hilfskreuzer (Auxiliary Cruiser / Raider) – Kormoran )〕 She received nine shots to her hull,〔 several of which hit her engine-room, and, although she was slowing sinking, it took a team of German boarding party placing demolitions to sink her quickly. It would later be said that the ''Mareeba'' would have made a fine auxiliary minelayer〔 because of her durability. All 48 of the crew of the ''Mareeba'' were captured and spirited away on the ''Komoran'' which travelled at top speed through the night and most of the following day〔 to avoid retaliation for the sinkings. == Crew == The captured crew stayed on the ''Komoran'' for a total of 103 days where they were housed in the fore part of the ship below the waterline. They slept in hammocks and were allowed on deck daily. After the 103 days, they were transferred to a German supply ship ''Kulmerland'', where, after 15 days, the prisoners were transferred to a German prison ship ''Spreewald''.〔 Below is an incomplete list of crew that were captured from the ''Mareeba''.〔 *Anderson, Mr. (''Chief Engineer'') *Bentley, Mr. (''2nd Grade Steward'') *Bottomley, Mr. Jack (''Trimmer'') *Dooley, Mr. Lionel(''Fireman'') *Evans, Mr. (''A.B.'') *Ford, Mr. Geoffrey (''O.S.'') *Freeman, Mr David J. (''1st Mate'') *Griffiths, Mr. Jack B. (''Trimmer'') *Hayes, Mr. Dennis (''Fireman'') *Hill, Mr. James A. (''3rd Engineer'') *Holmes, Mr. (''Third Wireless Operator'') *Humphries, Mr. (''A.B.'') *Jones, Mr William A. (''Assistant Cook'') *Kitchen, Mr. (''Deck Boy'') *Langtry, Mr. John (''Trimmer'') *Lucas, Mr. J (''A.B.'') *MacNeill, Mr. Calum Gilbert (''A.B.'') *Marcusse, Mr. (''Trimmer'') *McLelland, Mr. Leonard(''Fireman'') *Melville, Mr. Albert (''A.B'') *Pratt, Mr. William (''1st Grade Steward'') *Ravenscroft, Mr. Samuel(''Greaser'') *Redman, Mr. Ronald J. (''1st Radio Operator'') *Riley, Mr. (''4th Engineer'') *Rose, Mr. Robert L. (''Bo'Sun'') *Sayer, Mr. Fred (''Donkeyman'') *Skinner, Mr. (''Captain'') *Sorensen, Mr. Robert (''Chief Cook'') *Tesseyman, Mr. Joseph V. (''Carpenter'') *Thorpe, Mr. Ashley (''A.B.'') *Vanbrugel, Mr. (''Assistant Cook'') *Vanderhusen, Mr. (''Trimmer'') Addition to crew captured by Kormoran. Gordon J – Second Engineer〔''Prisoner of the Kormoran'' by W A Jones (Assistant Cook) Pages 18 & 49.Did not survive the sinking of the German Prison Ship Spreewald 489 miles south west of the Azores (page 143). J. Gordon listed with 25 other crew members from SS Mareeba on the Memorial to Merchants Seamen at the War Memorial, Canberra, ACT, Australia.〕 MacKay, Mr Alexander J. (''Greaser'') (aka Donohue, JP) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS Mareeba」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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