Libertad
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| Name | Libertad | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.441 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | ||
| Owner | Cuban Government | ||
| Homeport | Havana | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Dec, 1943 | Nationality:  Cuban | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Richard von Harpe) | ||
| Position | 34.30N, 74.32W - Grid DC 1264 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (25 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KN-280 | ||
| Route | Antilla - Key West (1 Dec) - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of sugar | ||
| History | Built as Italian Recca for Società Anonima di Navigazione Italia, Genoa 1941 taken over by Cuba and renamed Libertad. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.57 hours on 4 Dec, 1943, the Libertad in convoy KN-280 was hit by two of four torpedoes from U-129 and sank quickly. The U-boat observed how the escort of three destroyers rescued survivors instead of hunting the attacker. | ||
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