Valera
Panamanian Steam tanker
Name | Valera | ||
Type: | Steam tanker | ||
Tonnage | 3,401 tons | ||
Completed | 1943 - Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Co, Duluth MN | ||
Owner | Lago Petroleum Co, Panama | ||
Homeport | Panama | ||
Date of attack | 7 Mar 1944 | Nationality: Panamanian | |
Fate | Sunk by U-518 (Hans-Werner Offermann) | ||
Position | 11° 30'N, 76° 27'W - Grid EC 7470 | ||
Complement | 35 (1 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | San Nicolas, Aruba – Cristobal, Panama | ||
Cargo | 35,000 barrels of heavy boiler navy fuel oil | ||
History | Completed in October 1943 for Creole Petroleum Corp, Panama. | ||
Notes on event | At 01.40 hours on 7 March 1944 the unescorted Valera (Master William Marshall Russell) was hit by a torpedo from U-518 and sank after breaking in two about 120 miles west-northwest of Barranquilla, Columbia. The master was lost. The survivors drifted several days on rafts before being picked up by a US Coast Guard vessel and taken to Panama. | ||
On board | We have details of 4 people who were on board. |
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