Allende
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| Name | Allende | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.081 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Northumberland Shipbuilding Co (1927) Ltd, Howden-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | R.E. Morel & Co Ltd, Cardiff | ||
| Homeport | Cardiff | ||
| Date of attack | 17 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-68 (Karl-Friedrich Merten) | ||
| Position | 04N, 07.44W - Grid EU 8523 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 39 (6 dead and 33 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Calcutta - Sandheads - Capetown (3 Mar) - Freetown - UK | ||
| Cargo | 7700 tons of general cargo | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.53 hours on 17 Mar, 1942, the unescorted Allende (Master Thomas James Williamson) was torpedoed and sunk by U-68 20 miles south of Cape Palmas, Liberia. Six crew members were lost. The master, 30 crew members and two gunners landed at Taba, French Ivory Coast and were interned by the Vichy French authorities at Bobo Dinlassu. | ||
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