Crusader
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| Name | Crusader | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,939 tons | ||
| Completed | 1916 - Osaka Iron Works, Osaka | ||
| Owner | US Maritime Commission, Washington DC | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Nov 1941 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-561 (Robert Bartels) | ||
| Position | 49.30N, 37.15W - Grid BD 1542 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (33 dead and 1 survivor). | ||
| Convoy | SC-53 (straggler) | ||
| Route | Baltimore (23 Oct) - Sydney (4 Nov) - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | 3926 tons of general cargo, including foodstuffs, cotton, iron and steel | ||
| History | Built as Yesaki Maru, 1916 renamed General Wergeland, 1917 renamed Aslaug, 1920 renamed Winneconne, 1924 renamed Danevirke, 1925 renamed Danish Brosund for T.C. Christensen, Copenhagen On 12 Nov, 1940 seized by US in Baltimore, 1941 renamed Crusader and registered in Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | The Crusader was supposed to sail with convoy SC-53, but failed to report and was reported missing thereafter. It is reported that the Brazilian coal passer Edward Barreto from Rio de Janeiro was held as prisoner of war at Milag Nord and was released in 1945, but it is not known when and how he was captured. | ||
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