Cubano
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Cubano | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.810 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Wilh. Wilhelmsen, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Tønsberg | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Oct, 1940 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Georg-Wilhelm Schulz) | ||
| Position | 57.55N, 24.57W - Grid AL 1766 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 31 (2 dead and 29 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | OB-229 | ||
| Route | Manchester - Montreal | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Launched 28 Sep, 1920 Completed 9 Mar, 1921 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 01.43 hours on 20 Oct, 1940, the Cubano (Master Haakon Martinsen) was torpedoed in convoy OB-229 by U-124 southwest of Iceland. The ship was abandoned but the lifeboats stayed close to the ship until she finally sank in the morning. Later one of the lifeboats picked up a survivor from the Sulaco, which had also been torpedoed by the same U-boat. On 21 October, all survivors were picked up by the HMCS Saguenay (D 79) and taken to Greenock. | ||
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