Port Antonio
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| Name | Port Antonio | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1,266 tons | ||
| Completed | 1913 - Sørlandets Skibsbyggeri A/S, Fevig near Arendal | ||
| Owner | L. Harboe Jensen & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 19 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt) | ||
| Position | 23.39N, 84.00W - Grid DM 4153 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 24 (13 dead and 11 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Puerto Barrios, Guatemala - Tampa, Florida | ||
| Cargo | Coffee | ||
| History | Completed in February 1913 by Fredriksstad Mekaniske Verksted A/S, Fredriksstad | ||
| Notes on loss | At 19.12 hours on 19 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Port Antonio (Master Oscar Gundersen) was hit on the starboard side amidships by one torpedo from U-129 and sank within two minutes. The master and 12 crew members were lost. The survivors jumped into the water but managed to get into the starboard lifeboat. The U-boat surfaced, questioned the survivors and gave them the course for Cuba. After a search for more survivors they headed for land, reaching the coast near Santa Lucia on 21 July. One of the survivors, Jørgen Edvard Magnussen, had been on the Cadmus, which was sunk by the same U-boat on 1 Jul, 1942. He had reached the coast after five days and is reported to have joined the Port Antonio, only to be again shipwrecked within two weeks. | ||
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