Ships hit by U-boats


Trepca

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NameTrepca
Type:Steam merchant
Tonnage5,042 tons
Completed1930 - Ayrshire Dockyard Co Ltd, Irvine 
OwnerJugoslavenski Lloyd Akcionarsko Drustvo, Zagreb 
HomeportDubrovnik 
Date of attack13 Mar 1942Nationality:      Yugoslavian
 
FateSunk by U-332 (Johannes Liebe)
Position37N, 73.25W - Grid CA 8654
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Complement37 (4 dead and 33 survivors).
Convoy
RouteDemerera - Portland, Maine 
CargoBauxite 
History Completed in July 1930 
Notes on loss

At 17.47 hours on 13 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Trepca was hit by one torpedo from U-332 and sank after the crew abandoned ship in the lifeboats. The survivors were later picked up by a Swedish merchant.

 


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