MS Rio de Janeiro wreck (sunk 1940)

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MS Rio de Janeiro was a German motor ship and a cargo ship ( 5,261 ton ), owned by the shipping company Hamburg Süd and home ported in Stettin. She was launched on 3 April 1914 as Santa Ines and later renamed Rio de Janeiro. She was requisitioned by the Deutsche Kriegsmarine for transportation of troops 7 March 1940, before Operation Weserübung, the invasion of Norway and Denmark, began on 9 April 1940. Sunk by Polish submarine ORP Orzeł shortly after noon on 8 April 1940 (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Orze%C5%82_(1938)#Norwegian_C...
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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Rio_de_Janeiro_(1914)
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Coordinates:   58°7'59"N   8°29'0"E
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