Allende
| Name | Allende | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,081 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | R.E. Morel & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 04N, 07.44W - Grid EU 8523 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta - Sandheads - Capetown (3 Mar) - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | Completed in November 1928 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.03 hours on 17 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Allende (Master Thomas James Williamson) was hit on the starboard side amidships by one torpedo from U-68 about 18 miles south of Cape Palmas, Liberia. Six crew members were lost. The master, 30 crew members and two gunners abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were questioned by the Germans before the U-boat fired a coup de grāce at 22.28 hours. The G7a torpedo hit aft and caused her to sink by the stern within five minutes. The survivors made landfall at Tabou, French Ivory Coast and were interned by the Vichy French authorities at Bobo Dioulasso and Bamako. | ||
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