Sacramento Valley
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Sacramento Valley | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.573 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Workman, Clark & Co Ltd, Belfast | ||
| Owner | Sir William Reardon Smith & Sons Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Bideford | ||
| Date of attack | 6 Jun, 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-106 (Jürgen Oesten) | ||
| Position | 17.10N, 30.10W - Grid EH 3429 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (3 dead and 46 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-324 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Cardiff - Pernambuco | ||
| Cargo | 6843 tons of coal | ||
| History | Completed in December 1924 as Skegness, 1931 renamed Sacramento Valley. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 05.03 hours on 6 Jun, 1941, the Sacramento Valley (Master Harold L. Sharp), dispersed on 27 May from convoy OB-324 in 53°00N/29°30W, was hit amidships by one torpedo from U-106 and sank west of the Cape Verde Islands. Three crew members were lost. The master and 38 survivors were picked up by the British motor merchant Caithness and landed at Freetown on 14 June. Seven other survivors were picked up on 24 June by the Panamanian steam tanker Stanvac Cape Town and landed at Aruba on 3 July. | ||
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