Caroni River
British Motor tanker
| Name | Caroni River | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7,807 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Houlder Brothers & Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 Jan 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-34 (Wilhelm Rollmann) | ||
| Position | 50.06N, 05.01W - Grid BF 2279 | ||
| Complement | 55 (0 dead and 55 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Falmouth - Falmouth Bay | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | On 20 Jan, 1940, the Caroni River (Master Robert Stanley Grigg) struck a mine laid the day before by U-34 and sank in the Falmouth Bay, while carrying out paravane trials and defensive armament tests. The master, 42 crew members, Cdr J.G. Bradshaw RN and eleven naval personnel were picked up by the Falmouth lifeboat and a naval cutter and landed at Falmouth. | ||
Location of attack on Caroni River.
ship sunk.
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