Tamandaré
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| Name | Tamandaré | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant (Hog Island) | ||
| Tonnage | 4.942 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - American Int Shipbuilding Corp, Hog Island PA | ||
| Owner | Lloyd Brasilieiro, Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Homeport | Rio de Janeiro | ||
| Date of attack | 26 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  Brazilian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Friedrich Markworth) | ||
| Position | 11.34N, 60.30W - Grid ED 9694 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 52 (4 dead and 48 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Pernambuco - Trinidad - La Guaira | ||
| Cargo | 6600 tons of general cargo, including coffee and raw materials | ||
| History | Laid down as Sheshequin for US Shipping Board, launched in July 1919 as City of Fairbury. 1938 sold to Moore & McCormack Co Inc, New York and renamed Mormacport. 1940 sold to Brasil and renamed Tamandaré. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.15 hours on 26 Jul, 1942, U-66 fired a spread of two torpedoes at the unescorted Tamandaré (Master José Martins de Oliveira) and scored a hit in the stern. The U-boat had spotted the ship at 06.58 hours and observed how the ship capsized at 08.58 hours and sank by the stern. Four crew members were lost. | ||
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