Ships hit by U-boats


Harry G. Seidel


NameHarry G. Seidel
Type:Motor tanker
Tonnage10,354 tons
Completed1930 - Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft AG, Kiel 
OwnerPanama Transport Co (Standard Oil Co), Panama 
HomeportPanama 
Date of attack29 Apr 1942Nationality:      Panaman
 
FateSunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp)
Position11.50N, 62.50W - Grid ED 8696
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Complement50 (2 dead and 48 survivors).
Convoy
RouteAruba - Caripito, Venezuela 
CargoBallast 
History Completed in Completed in October 1930 for Baltisch-Amerikanische Petroleum Import GmbH, Danzig. 1935 transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama.  
Notes on loss

At 04.12 hours on 29 Apr, 1942, the unescorted Harry G. Seidel was hit by two torpedoes from U-66 northwest of Trinidad. The tanker sank just after the U-boat surfaced to sink her with gunfire. The Germans questioned the survivors before leaving the area.

 


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