Tuxpam
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| Name | Tuxpam | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.008 tons | ||
| Completed | 1903 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), Tampico | ||
| Homeport | Tampico | ||
| Date of attack | 27 Jun, 1942 | Nationality:  Mexican | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt) | ||
| Position | 20.15N, 96.20W - Grid DK 8259 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (8 dead and 31 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Vera Cruz, Mexico - Tampico | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Built as Prometheus, 1914 renamed Cushing, 1918 renamed Chinampa, 1924 sold to Italy and renamed Americano for Ditta G.M. Barbagelata, Genoa. On 8 Dec, 1941, the Americano was seized at Tampico by Mexico and renamed Tuxpam. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 07.24 hours on 27 Jun, 1942, U-129 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the unescorted Tuxpam (Master Adolfo Meza Burgos) and had to evade a circle-runner by diving, but the other torpedo hit the vessel. The tanker had settled by the stern but did not sink, so the U-boat surfaced and opened fire with the deck gun at 08.15 hours. The ship caught fire and sank after 52 rounds had been fired. | ||
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