Sulaco
Photo courtesy of the Allen Collection
| Name | Sulaco | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.389 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Cammell Laird & Co Ltd, Birkenhead | ||
| Owner | Elders & Fyffes Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 57.25N, 25W - Grid AL 1763 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 66 (65 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | OB-229 | ||
| Route | Avonmouth - Liverpool (15 Oct) - Victoria, Cameroons | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in March 1926 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.29 hours on 20 Oct, 1940, U-124 fired one torpedo from within convoy OB-229 at Sulaco (Master Henry Carlton Bower), which was hit amidships and sank rapidly about 360 miles west of Rockall. The master, 62 crew members and two gunners were lost. The sole survivor, chief cook James Thompson Harvey, was picked up by HMCS Saguenay (D 79) (Cdr G.R. Miles, RCN) and landed at Greenock on 23 October. | ||
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