Santiago de Cuba
Cuban Steam merchant
Santiago de Cuba under her former name Clara Mennig. US Naval Historical Center Photograph #NH 105910
| Name | Santiago de Cuba | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,685 tons | ||
| Completed | 1908 - AG Neptun Schiffswerft und Maschinenfabrik, Rostock | ||
| Owner | Empresa Naviera de Cuba SA, Havana | ||
| Homeport | Havana | ||
| Date of attack | 12 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Cuban | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-508 (Georg Staats) | ||
| Position | 24° 20'N, 81° 50'W - Grid DM 2748 | ||
| Complement | 29 (11 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SpecCon-12 | ||
| Route | Port Everglades - Key West - Havana | ||
| Cargo | General cargo | ||
| History | Completed in February 1909 as German Clara Mennig for DG Clara Mennig GmbH (O. Zelck), Rostock. On 6 April 1917 seized by the USA at New York and in October 1917 renamed Yadkin by the US Shipping Board (USSB). 1920 sold to Cuba and renamed Caridad Sala for Empresa Naviera de Cuba SA, Havana. 1923 renamed Santiago de Cuba. | ||
| Notes on event | At 13.55 hours on 12 August 1942, U-508 attacked the Special Convoy 12 and sank the Santiago de Cuba and Manzanillo. | ||
| On board | We have details of 29 people who were on board. | ||
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