Clea
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| Name | Clea | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7,987 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - NV Rotterdamsche Droogdok Mij, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Feb 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-96 ( Heinrich Lehmann-Willenbrock) | ||
| Position | 60.25N, 17.10W - Grid AE 8774 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 59 (59 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | HX-106 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Curaçao - Loch Ewe - Scapa Flow | ||
| Cargo | Admiralty fuel oil | ||
| History | Built for NV Petroleum Mij ´La Corona´, The Hague, 1939 transferred to Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Notes on loss | At 15.08 hours on 13 Feb, 1941, the Clea (Master Leonard Walter George Boyt), a straggler from convoy HX-106, was torpedoed and sunk by U-96 southeast of Iceland. The master and 58 crew members were lost. | ||
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