An item reported that the German merchant ship Lahn loaded with a cargo of skins, wool and coal left Buenos Ayres. A pilot was requested to cross the mouth of the Plata rivers. Rumours claimed that she was to change courses during the night to escape the allied warships.(1)
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1. R. Jordan. The world’s merchant fleets 1939. Since 7 September 1942 the Argentinean San Martin and since 1943 the Argentinean Rio Parana. Poperty of Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. Built in 1927 at the shipyard of Joh. C. Tecklenborg AG Schiffswerft und Maschinefabrik, Wesermünde, Germany with a gross register tonnage of 8.498 tons, a deadweight of 12.850 tons and as dimensions 535’9” x 63’8”x 27’9” and a speed of 14,0 knots.
