Monte Gorbea
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| Name | Monte Gorbea | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.720 tons | ||
| Completed | 1923 - Compañia Euskalduna, Bilbao | ||
| Owner | Naviera Aznar SA, Bilbao | ||
| Homeport | Bilbao | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Sep, 1942 | Nationality:  Spanish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-512 (Wolfgang Schultze) | ||
| Position | 14.55N, 60.00W - Grid EE 4423 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 118 (52 dead and 66 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Buenos Aires - Curaçao - Bilbao | ||
| Cargo | 5850 tons of wheat and beans | ||
| History | Built as Arantza-Mendi, 1937 renamed Lecce, 1938 renamed Arantza-Mendi, 1939 renamed Monte Gorbea | ||
| Notes on loss | After 19.37 hours on 19 Sep, 1942, the neutral Monte Gorbea was hit by one torpedo from U-512 and sank east of Martinique. The ship had been first sighted at 16.41 hours and Schultze decided to sink the ship despite of seeing the neutral flag. The commander had to expect a war tribunal on his return, but the U-boat was lost during the patrol. | ||
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