Santa Margarita
Santa Margarita under her former name Isleworth. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Santa Margarita | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.919 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Cowpen Dry Docks & Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Blyth | ||
| Owner | Compañía Primera de Naviera Ltda, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Jul, 1940 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-29 (Otto Schuhart) | ||
| Position | 47.10N, 16.10W - Grid BE 5638 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (0 dead and 39 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Barry - Hampton Roads | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Isleworth, 1939 sold to Panama and renamed Maria, 1940 renamed Santa Margarita | ||
| Notes on loss | At 11.25 hours on 2 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Santa Margarita was stopped by U-29 and was sunk by gunfire at 13.45 hours according to the prize rules because the ship was en route under British charter with a Yugoslavian crew. Three of the 21 survivors that were picked up by the British merchant King John were lost when this ship was sunk by the German raider Widder on 13 July. | ||
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