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La Carriere

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NameLa Carriere
Type:Steam tanker
Tonnage5.685 tons
Completed1938 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland 
OwnerTrinidad Leaseholds Ltd, London 
HomeportLondon 
Date of attack25 Feb, 1942Nationality:      British
 
FateSunk by U-156 (Werner Hartenstein)
Position16.53N, 67.05W - Grid ED 1834
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Complement41 (15 dead and 26 survivors).
Convoy 
RouteNew York - Trinidad 
CargoBallast 
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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