city of Vitória, killing 36, and the SS Arara similarly sunk with 20 deaths as she picked up the survivors of the Itagiba. U-boats sink four ships from convoy SL 118. August 19, 1942 U-507 sinks the tiny sailing vessel Jacyra. August 22, 1942 U-507 sinks Hammeran, a Swedish merchant ship. In just one week, U-507 acting in Brazilian waters killed over 600 people, all of them neutral civilians. As result, Brazil declares war on Germany and Italy at that very same day. August 28, 1942 sinks Zuiderkerk and City of Cardiff from convoy SL 119. August 31, 1942 sinks Bronxville and Capira from convoy SC 97. September September 9, 1942 USS Muskeget, a Coast Guard weather ship, is torpedoed near Weather Station #2, Lat. 54o N, Long 44o 30’W by U-755. 121 Officers and crew lost, including one Public Health Service officer and four weathermen, no survivors. September 14, 1942 is torpedoed by while escorting Convoy ON 127 500 nautical miles (930 km) east of St. John's, Newfoundland. 114 crew lost their lives, including the commanding officer, while 65 survivors were rescued by nearby vessels. September 20, 1942 sinks Empire Hartebeeste from convoy SC 100. September 22, 1942 sinks Athelsultan and Tennessee from convoy SC 100. October October 4, 1942 sinks Robert H Colley from convoy HX 209. October 13, 1942 U-boats sink seven ships from convoy SC 104. October 14, 1942 Newfoundland Railway passenger ferry is torpedoed by the , in Cabot Strait October 24, 1942 A new system of UG convoys is initiated between Chesapeake Bay and the Mediterranean Sea, to support the Allied invasion of North Africa. October 25, 1942 Battle of convoy SL 125 begins as a tactical diversion to clear U-boats from the path of Operation Torch invasion convoys. October 27, 1942 U-boats sink five ships from convoy HX 212. November November 2, 1942 U-boats sink fifteen ships from convoy SC 107. November 18, 1942 sinks Brilliant from convoy SC 109. December December 8, 1942 U-boats sink two ships from convoy HX 217. 1943 January January 3, 1943 U-507 sinks the British ship Baron Dachmont. January 8, 1943 U-507 sinks the British ship Yorkwood. January 13, 1943 U-507 was sunk by the US PBY Catalina VP-83. January 17, 1943 sinks Vestfold from convoy HX 222. January 26, 1943 sinks Nortind from convoy HX 223. February February 2, 1943 sinks from convoy SG 19 killing