La Brea
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| Name | La Brea | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6,666 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - Union Iron Works, San Francisco CA | ||
| Owner | Union Oil Co of California, Los Angeles CA | ||
| Homeport | Los Angeles | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Aug 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-48 (Hans Rudolf Rösing) | ||
| Position | 57.24N, 11.21W - Grid AM 2743 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 33 (2 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-65 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Aruba - Dundee | ||
| Cargo | 9410 tons of fuel oil | ||
| History | 1940 the La Brea changed from American flag to British flag. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 14.14 hours on 24 Aug, 1940, the La Brea (Master George Edward Firth), a straggler from convoy HX-65, was torpedoed by U-48 and sank after 20 minutes west-northwest of Rockall. The master and one crew member was lost. 14 crew members landed at Islivig Bay, Isle of Lewis and 17 landed at South Uist. | ||
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