La Carriere
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| Name | La Carriere | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.685 tons | ||
| Completed | 1938 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 25 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein) | ||
| Position | 16.53N, 67.05W - Grid ED 1834 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (15 dead and 26 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.18 hours on 25 Feb, 1942, the unescorted La Carriere (Master Robert Hyde Cairns) was torpedoed by U-156 about 70 miles south by west of Guanica, Puerto Rico. The ship sank only after two additional hits and two missed torpedoes at 08.39 hours. Eleven crew members and four gunners were lost. The master and four crew members were picked up by a US Coastguard cutter and landed at Trinidad. 21 crew members landed at Guanica the same day. | ||
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