 The ship sank in 15 minutes, but all 47 aboard escaped in lifeboats, and were picked up by .Two days later, on 7 July, the U-boat torpedoed and sank the 9,251-ton Dutch cargo ship "Poelau Roebiah", in convoy TAG-70, east of Jamaica.All but two of the 68 crew, along with 24 armed guards and 31 US passengers abandoned ship in four lifeboats and were later rescued.