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Lucrecia


Lucrecia sinking

NameLucrecia
Type:Steam tanker
Tonnage2.584 tons
Completed1928 - Cantiere Federale per Construzione Navale Triestino, Monfalcone 
OwnerCuraçaosche Scheepvaart Mij., Emmastad 
HomeportWillemstad 
Date of attack7 Jul, 1940Nationality:      Dutch
 
FateSunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann)
Position49.50N, 08.07W - Grid BE 1563
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Complement? men (2 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy 
RouteAruba (13 Jun) - Falmouth 
Cargofuel oil 
History  
Notes on loss At 07.14 hours on 7 Jul, 1940, the unescorted Lucrecia (Master C. Smith) was torpedoed by U-34 about 100 miles west of Lands End and broke in two. The master was lost and one survivor later died of wounds. The survivors were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Alfarrarede


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