At 05.32 hours on 19 Feb, 1942, U-161 (Achilles) fired two stern torpedoes into the harbour of Port of Spain, Trinidad and hit the Mokihana and the British Consul lying at anchor. Both ships sank in shallow waters and were later salvaged.
The British Consul caught fire and sank in 10°37N/61°34W. Later a part of her cargo of fuel oil was recovered and the ship left Trinidad after temporary repairs in August 1942.

At 10.07 hours on 19 Aug, 1942, U-564 attacked the convoy TAW(S) 85 miles northwest of Boca Grande, Trinidad and observed three hits after 2 minutes 5 seconds and one after 2 minutes 50 seconds. Suhren claimed that he sank two ships and damaged two. In fact, the British Consul and the Empire Cloud were sunk. The tanker was probably hit by more than one torpedo.

Two crew members from the British Consul (Master James Kennedy) were lost. The master, 34 crew members, four gunners and one passenger (DBS) were picked up by HMS Clarkia (K 88) (LtCdr F.J.G. Jones, RNR) and landed at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.