Penelope
| Name | Penelope | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8,436 tons | ||
| Completed | 1925 - Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel | ||
| Owner | Panama Transport Co (Standard Oil Co), Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Mar 1942 | Nationality:  Panaman | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-67 (Günther Müller-Stöckheim) | ||
| Position | 15N, 64.20W - Grid EC 5345 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (2 dead and 47 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Caripito - Halifax | ||
| Cargo | Crude oil | ||
| History | Completed in September 1925 for Baltisch-Amerikanische Petroleum Import GmbH, Danzig. 1935 transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.00 hours on 14 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Penelope was hit in the bow by one of two fired torpedoes from U-67 after being hunted for three and a half hours. The tanker caught fire, stopped and the 39 crew members and ten armed guards abandoned ship in three lifeboats and one raft. A coup de grâce fired at 02.19 hours hit near the funnel and caused the tanker to sink, while the oil was still burning on the surface. The U-boat went to a lifeboat, questioned the survivors and gave them the course to Dominica before leaving the area. | ||
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