The The Tasman Sea is not in the Indian Ocean
The U-Boat must have been on its way to the secret Nazi Antarctic base...
I never said that it was. But the ship was sunk by a German submarine, the U-862, operating out of Penang, commanded by one Heinrich Timm. That is documented historical fact.
https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3400.html
https://uboat.net/boats/patrols/u862.html