Culebra
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| Name | Culebra | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.044 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Irvine´s Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co Ltd, Middleton Shipyard, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Royal Mail Lines Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Jan, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Reinhard Hardegen) | ||
| Position | 35.30N, 53.25W - Grid CC 7927 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 45 (45 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | ON-53 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | London - Bermuda - Kingston, Jamaica | ||
| Cargo | General cargo, including aircraft parts | ||
| History | Laid down as British War Mirage, October 1919 completed as Riposto for J. Glynn & Son, Liverpool; 1923 renamed Culebra for Royal Mail | ||
| Notes on loss | On 25 Jan, 1942, the Culebra (Master George Douglas Bonner), dispersed from convoy ON-53, was sunk by gunfire by U-123 east-northeast of Bermuda. The master, 38 crew members and six gunners were lost. | ||
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