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On Sun. 18 may 1941 German submarine U-107 sank British ship Piako 130.....

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German submarine U-107 sank British ship Piako 130 miles west of Freetown, Sierra Leone, British West Africa at 2227 hours; 10 were killed, 65 survived and rescued by British sloop HMS Bridgewater.

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