Nicholas Cuneo
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| Name | Nicholas Cuneo | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.051 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - Framnes Mek Verksted A/S, Sandefjord | ||
| Owner | United Fruit SS Co, New York | ||
| Homeport | Puerto Cortez | ||
| Date of attack | 9 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  Honduras | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-571 (Helmut Möhlmann) | ||
| Position | 23.54N, 82.33W - Grid DM 4328 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 20 (1 dead and 19 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New Orleans - Havana | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 16.01 hours on 9 Jul, 1942, the Nicholas Cuneo was stopped by U-571 with 2cm gunfire across her bow and sunk with 43 shells from the deck gun after the crew had abandoned ship. | ||
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