Rio Tercero
| Name | Rio Tercero | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.864 tons | ||
| Completed | 1912 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Argentine Government (Flota Mercante del Estado) | ||
| Homeport | Buenos Aires | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Argentinian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-202 (Hans-Heinz Linder) | ||
| Position | 39.15N, 72.32W - Grid CA 5651 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (5 dead and 37 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Buenos Aires | ||
| Cargo | 3500 tons of general cargo, including coal and mail | ||
| History | Built as Eboe, 1938 sold to Italy and renamed Fortunstella for Fratelli Rizzuto, Naples. In June 1940 the ship was interned at Necochea. On 25 Aug, 1941 taken over by Argentina and renamed Rio Tercero. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 12.34 hours on 22 Jun, 1942, the neutral Rio Tercero was torpedoed and sunk by U-202 off the US East Coast. Linder reported that the ship displayed no neutrality markings and was recognized as Argentinian only after the attack when questioning the survivors. | ||
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