Badalona
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| Name | Badalona | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 4.202 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Co. Arrendataria del Monopolio de Petroleos Soc. Anónima, Madrid | ||
| Homeport | Barcelona | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Dec, 1941 | Nationality:  Spanish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-453 (Freiherr Egon Reiner von Schlippenbach) | ||
| Position | 36.43N, 03.30W - Grid CH 7434 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (3 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Valencia - Aruba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Also traded as Sirius during Spanish Civil War. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 13 Dec, 1941, the neutral Badalona was stopped by U-453 east of Gibraltar and sunk by a torpedo at 18.05 hours after a control of the papers. | ||
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