Tamandaré
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| Name | Tamandaré | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Hog Island) | ||
| Tonnage | 4,942 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - American International Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Cia de Navegação Lloyd Brasileiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Jul 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 11.34N, 60.30W - Grid ED 9694 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (4 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Pernambuco - Trinidad - La Guaira | ||
| Cargo | 6600 tons of general cargo, including coffee and raw materials | ||
| History | Laid down as Sheshequin, completed in August 1919 as City of Fairbury for US Shipping Board (USSB), Philadelphia. 1938 renamed Mormacport for Moore-McCormack Lines Inc, New York. 1940 sold to Brazil and renamed Tamandaré. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.15 hours on 26 Jul, 1942, U-66 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the unescorted Tamandaré (Master José Martins de Oliveira) and scored a hit in the stern. The U-boat had spotted the armed ship at 06.58 hours and observed how the ship capsized at 08.58 hours and sank by the stern. Four crew members were lost. The survivors had abandoned ship in two lifeboats and were picked up by USS PC-492 after being spotted by an aircraft. | ||
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