Cassequel
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| Name | Cassequel | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4.751 tons | ||
| Completed | 1901 - W. Gray & Co, West Hartlepool | ||
| Owner | Companhia Colonial de Navegação, Lisbon | ||
| Homeport | Lisbon | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Dec, 1941 | Nationality:  Portuguese | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-108 (Klaus Scholtz) | ||
| Position | 35.08N, 11.14W - Grid CG 8778 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 57 (0 dead and 57 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Lisbon - Angola | ||
| Cargo | General cargo and passengers | ||
| History | Built as Numantia, 1916 renamed Pangim, 1917 renamed Cassequel | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.57 hours on 14 Dec, 1941, the neutral Cassequel was hit in the stern by one of two torpedoes from U-108 and sank immediately after being hit amidships by a coup de grâce and breaking in two at 22.25 hours. The ship was illuminated but no flags or markings were visible from the distance of 1000 metres and Scholtz decided to sink her because it was not allowed to stop a suspicious vessel by night. On 15 December, U-131 (Baumann) came across two lifeboats from the Cassequel and provided one of them with bread and water. The survivors asked to be towed to the Portuguese coast, but this was denied. | ||
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