Thalia
Panamanian Motor tanker
| Name | Thalia | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,329 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel | ||
| Owner | Panama Transport Co, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 23 Feb 1942 | Nationality:  Panamanian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-502 (Jürgen von Rosenstiel) | ||
| Position | 13° 00'N, 70° 45'W - Grid EC 9153 | ||
| Complement | 41 (1 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | New York - Hampton Roads - Aruba | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in Completed in April 1926 for Baltisch-Amerikanische Petroleum Import GmbH, Danzig. 1935 transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama. | ||
| Notes on event | At 10.32 hours on 23 Feb 1942, U-502 hit the unescorted Thalia with one torpedo after a spread of two torpedoes had missed at 09.37 hours. The tanker did not sink after being hit by two coups de grâce at 10.44 and 11.04 hours, so the U-boat shelled the ship from 11.54 until 12.33 hours in seven approaches with 103 rounds and left the area after she sank about 80 miles from Aruba at 13.36 hours. | ||
| On board | We have details of 40 people who were on board. | ||
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