Castillo Montealegre
| Name | Castillo Montealegre | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3.972 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Zavod No 190 (A. Zhdanov), Leningrad | ||
| Owner | Compañía Transmediterránea SA, Valencia | ||
| Homeport | Cadiz | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Apr, 1943 | Nationality:  Spanish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-123 (Horst von Schroeter) | ||
| Position | 09.46N, 16.50W - Grid ET 2452 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 41 (12 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Fernando Po - Valencia | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and timber | ||
| History | Built as Soviet Maks Hoelts, 1939 renamed Spanish Castillo Montealegre | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.12 hours on 8 Apr, 1943, U-123 fired a spread of three torpedoes at the Castillo Montealegre and observed two hits after 37 and 38 seconds and saw a third explosion after 2 minutes 25 seconds. The U-boat identified the ship too late as a Spanish freighter of the Castillo Montealegre type. The steamer capsized to starboard and sank in two minutes. | ||
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