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The crews of both were saved by United States torpedo-boat destroyers which had come from Newport as soon as news of the U-53's activities had been received there. This was also the case with the crews of the Dutch ship Bloomersdijk and the Norwegian tanker Christian Knudsen.
Norwegian: Christian Knudsen, 4,224 tons; Risholm, 2,155 tons; Snestadt, 2,350 tons; Edam, 2,381 tons; Sola, 3,057 tons; Bygdo, 2,345 tons. Russian: Tourgai, 4,281 tons; Mercator, 2,827 tons. Dutch: Bloomersdijk, 4,850 tons. Greek: George M. Embiricos, 3,636 tons; Massalia, 2,186 tons; Germaine, 2,573 tons. Rumanian: Bistritza, 3,668 tons.
This was also the case with the crews of the Dutch Bloomersdijk and the Norwegian tanker, Christian Knudsen.
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