Belize
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| Name | Belize | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2.153 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Manitowoc Shipbuilding Corp, Manitowoc WI | ||
| Owner | A/S Krogstads Shipping Agencies Ltd, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-754 (Hans Oestermann) | ||
| Position | 47.21N, 52.08W - Grid BB 6628 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (24 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York (15 Jan) - St.Johns, Newfoundland | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | Built as Cornucopia, 1929 renamed Cornore, 1936 renamed Belize | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.22 hours on 21 Jan, 1942, the unescorted Belize (Master Olav Georgsen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-754. There were no survivors, 17 Norwegians, 5 Swedish, 1 Danish and a mess boy from British Honduras were lost. On 24 January, the Canadian corvette HMCS Spikenard found a water-filled lifeboat bearing her name and four bodies 25 nautical miles east of St.Johns. | ||
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