San Alvaro
British Motor tanker
| Name | San Alvaro | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7,385 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Feb 1944 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-510 (Alfred Eick) | ||
| Position | 13° 46'N, 48° 49'E - Grid MP 5511 | ||
| Complement | 53 (1 dead and 52 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | PA-69 | ||
| Route | Abadan - Bandar Abbas - Aden - Suez | ||
| Cargo | 11,000 tons of motor spirit and diesel oil | ||
| History | Completed in March 1935 | ||
| Notes on event | On 22 February 1944, U-510 made two attacks at convoy PA-69 off Majhada, about 200 miles from Aden and reported two tankers and one freighter sunk, one freighter was left burning and sinking and one other freighter was damaged by one torpedo. Three tankers were hit, the San Alvaro, E.G. Seubert and Erling Brøvig. It is not clear whether one ship was hit by two torpedoes. The San Alvaro (Master George Arthur Henry Knott) caught fire and was abandoned. One gunner was lost. The master, 42 crew members, eight gunners and one passenger (DBS) were picked up by the HMAS Tamworth (J 181) (T/Lt F.E. Eastman, SANF), which sank the wreck by gunfire and depth charges in 13°46N/48°55E. The survivors were landed at Aden on 23 February. | ||
| On board | We have details of 15 people who were on board. | ||
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