Valera
Panamanian Steam tanker
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| Name | Valera | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 3,401 tons | ||
| Completed | 1943 - Barnes-Duluth Shipbuilding Co, Duluth MN | ||
| Owner | Lago Petroleum Co, Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 7 Mar 1944 | Nationality:  Panamanian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-518 (Hans-Werner Offermann) | ||
| Position | 11° 30'N, 76° 27'W - Grid EC 7470 | ||
| Complement | 35 (1 dead and 34 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | San Nicolas, Aruba – Cristobal, Panama | ||
| Cargo | 35,000 barrels of heavy boiler navy fuel oil | ||
| History | Completed in October 1943 for Creole Petroleum Corp, Panama. | ||
| Notes on event | At 01.40 hours on 7 March 1944 the unescorted Valera (Master William Marshall Russell) was hit by a torpedo from U-518 and sank after breaking in two about 120 miles west-northwest of Barranquilla, Columbia. The master was lost. The survivors drifted several days on rafts before being picked up by a US Coast Guard vessel and taken to Panama. | ||
| On board | We have details of 4 people who were on board. | ||
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