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 The American destroyers arrived on the scene at about 17 : 00 when the U @-@ boat , U @-@ 53 under the command of Kapitänleutnant Hans Rose , was in the process of stopping the Holland @-@ America Line cargo ship Blommersdijk . Shortly after , U @-@ 53 stopped the British passenger ship Stephano . As Rose had done with three other ships U @-@ 53 <a href='been_done' title='1'><mark>had</mark></a> sunk earlier in the day , he gave passengers and crew aboard Blommersdijk and Stephano adequate time to abandon the ships before sinking the pair . In total , 226 survivors from U @-@ 53 <a href='null_genetive' title='2'><mark>'s</mark></a>five victims <a href='uninflect' title='3'><mark>were</mark></a> rescued by the destroyer flotilla . 
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