Lucerna
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| Name | Lucerna | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.556 tons | ||
| Completed | 1930 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Moss & Co, Liverpool | ||
| Homeport | Liverpool | ||
| Date of attack | 2 Aug, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-99 (Otto Kretschmer) | ||
| Position | 55.18N, 16.39W - Grid AL 6616 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 30 (0 dead and 30 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-191 | ||
| Route | Swansea - Abadan | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.45 hours on 2 Aug, 1940, the Lucerna in convoy OB-191 was torpedoed by U-99 and later shelled, but the damaged tanker reached port and was repaired. | ||
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