passenger/general cargo vessel
steam - single screw
7,129 GRT - 10,389 DWT
433'4" x 57'2" x 27'2"

U-509 was part of Gruppe Seehund (patrol group of five U-boats). Convoy NC-9 comprised two ships. On April 2 Witte found the small convoy south of Walvis Bay.� Approaching submerged he fired a salvo of 4 torpedoes by sonar bearings at extreme range.

Astonishingly two torpedoes hit City of Baroda after 3 minutes and 40 seconds.� The badly damaged ship� was towed to L�deritz Bay, Southwest Africa on 7 April 1943, where she was grounded in position 27 20'S-15 06'E, she broke in two and was declared a total loss.

One crew and seven passengers were lost.� The Master, 124 crew, four gunners and 196 passengers were rescued by the British armed trawler HMS Cape Warwick (FY 167) (Lt. W.E. Goggin) and landed at Capetown.

Thanks to Walter Janssens for the extra information on this page.

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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