Faja de Oro
Mexican Steam tanker
Faja de Oro under her former name Oyleric. Photo from naviearmatori.net
| Name | Faja de Oro | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,067 tons | ||
| Completed | 1914 - R. & W. Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Tampico | ||
| Homeport | Tampico | ||
| Date of attack | 21 May 1942 | Nationality:  Mexican | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-106 (Hermann Rasch) | ||
| Position | 23° 30'N, 84° 24'W - Grid DM 4157 | ||
| Complement | 37 (10 dead and 27 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania - Tampico | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in February 1914 as British Barneson for Bank Line Ltd (Andrew Weir & Co), Glasgow. 1915 renamed Oyleric for Andrew Weir & Co, Glasgow. 1937 sold to Italy and renamed Genoano for Ditta G.M. Barbagelata, Genoa. On 8 Dec 1941, seized at Tampico by Mexico and renamed Faja de Oro. | ||
| Notes on event | At 04.21 hours on 21 May 1942 the unescorted and neutral Faja de Oro (Master Ramón Sánchez Mena) was hit in the foreship by one of two torpedoes from U-106 off Key West. At 04.33 hours, a first coup de grâce missed but after 20 minutes a second one hit amidships, setting the ship on fire and caused her to sink shortly afterwards. This attack was observed by U-753 (von Mannstein), which had chased the same ship but stayed away after noticing the other U-boat. On 1 June 1942 Mexico declared war on Germany after two Mexican tankers had been sunk by U-boats: Potrero del Llano by U-564 (Suhren) on 14 May and Faja de Oro by U-106 (Rasch) on 21 May. | ||
| On board | We have details of 1 people who were on board. | ||
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