Cadmus
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| Name | Cadmus | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.855 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - Kjobenhavns Flydedok & Skibsværft A/S, Copenhagen | ||
| Owner | L. Harboe Jensen & Co, Oslo | ||
| Homeport | Oslo | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Jul, 1942 | Nationality:  Norwegian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Hans-Ludwig Witt) | ||
| Position | 22.50N, 92.30W - Grid DK 6636 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 22 (2 dead and 20 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Tela, Honduras (29 Jun) - Galveston | ||
| Cargo | Bananas | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 17.44 hours on 1 Jul, 1942, the unescorted Cadmus (Master Alfred Stenersen) was torpedoed and sunk by U-129 in the Gulf of Mexico. Two men were killed on board and the remaining 20 crewmen reached the coast of Mexico between Tampico and Vera Cruz after five days. | ||
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