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All four ships were destroyed in the fire, and 12 of Thor's crew were killed. Both ships were rapidly set ablaze, along with the Nankin/Leuthen and the Japanese freighter Unkai Maru.

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However on November 30th, a series of explosions on the supply ship Uckermark destroyed her superstructure, sending a large amount of burning debris onto Thor, which was moored alongside. Thor arrived in Yokohama on 9th October 1942, where she commenced refitting in preparation for a third voyage. It sank or captured 10 ships during her second cruise, for a total of 58,644 tons, during 328 days of operation. Thor next operational area was the Indian Ocean, and set out on its second cruise on Nov 30th, 1941, under the command of Captain Günther Gumprich. During this operation, the Thor engaged three British auxiliary cruisers, destroying one of them (Voltaire ) while the other two (Carnarvon Castle and Alcantara ) were badly damaged. Thor spent 328 days at sea, and sank or captured 12 ships, for a combined tonnage of 96,547, and ending its first operation in Hamburg on. It began its first combat cruise on June 6th, 1940, under the command of Captain Otto Kaehler. The Thor was one of the few German auxiliary cruisers that did two operations. Kollektives Gedächtnis, In Indonesia und Japan 1940/45 - Manfred Müller.Captain Bernhard Rogge's Samurai Sword Maritime Museum Hamburg, Germany.An account of the Hitler Jugend (Hitler Youth delegation) visiting Japan, in November 1940.A Pre-WW2 German-Japanese Youth Exchange Badges by Wilhelm P.B.R.Arados in Ostasien - Ulrich Israel and Detlef Billig ( FliegerRevue Extra ).A Pre-WW2 German plane (Arado Ar.79) in Bali, Indonesia 1938.The Indonesian Declaration Of Independence typewritten on a Kriegsmarine typewriter.In den Fernen Osten - Lawrence Paterson.German U-Boats in the Indian Ocean by Kapitaen sur See Kurt Freiwald.Die Geschichte des Deutschen Soldatenfriedhofs Arca Domas In Indonesien.Axis Uboats In Far-Eastern Waters by Dr R.UBoat Base, Penang by by Khoo Salma Nasution.U-Boat Operations in the Indian Ocean and the Far East by Chuck Roberts.Monsun U-boats in the Indian Ocean and the Far East by Marcin Jedrzejewski.Kölnische Illustrierte Zeitung (Nummer 43) vom.'U168 - Memburu Sang Pemburu' (National Geographic Indonesia - May 2014 edition).Wrack von deutschem Unterseeboot U168 vor Indonesien gefunden (Die Welt - ).A U-Boat Far From Home, Memoir by Dietrich Hille, ex Leutnant U181.Summary of German submarines in Asia, U-Boats in the Far East by David Oearn.

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