Lucrecia
| Name | Lucrecia | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 2,584 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Cantiere Federale per Construzione Navale Triestino, Monfalcone | ||
| Owner | Curaçaosche Scheepvaart Mij., Emmastad | ||
| Homeport | Willemstad | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Jul 1940 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 49.50N, 08.07W - Grid BE 1563 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 32 (2 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Aruba (13 Jun) - Falmouth | ||
| Cargo | Fuel oil | ||
| History | Completed in July 1928 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.14 hours on 7 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Lucrecia (Master C. Smit) was hit underneath the bridge by one torpedo from U-34 and broke in two about 100 miles west of Lands End. The master was lost and one survivor later died of wounds. The survivors were picked up later that day by the Portuguese steam merchant Alfarrarede. | ||
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