Everelza
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| Name | Everelza | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 4,520 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - J.L. Thompson & Sons Ltd, North Sands, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Fricis Grauds, Riga | ||
| Homeport | Riga | ||
| Date of attack | 13 Aug 1942 | Nationality:  Latvian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-600 (Bernhard Zurmühlen) | ||
| Position | 19.55N, 73.49W - Grid DN 7663 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 37 (23 dead and 14 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TAW-12 | ||
| Route | Rio de Janerio - Trinidad - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | Manganese Ore | ||
| History | Built as Cycle, 1936 renamed Cape Wrath, 1937 renamed Everelza | ||
| Notes on loss | At 09.48 hours on 13 Aug, 1942, U-600 fired three torpedoes at the convoy TAW-12 about 18 miles south of Cape Maysi, Cuba which missed their targets but Zurmühlen thought that they hit some ships beyond after running times of 2 minutes 9 seconds and 2 minutes 15 seconds. The third torpedo hit the Everelza after another 58 seconds and she exploded in a 200 meters high column of fire. At 09.58 hours, U-600 fired the stern torpedo, which struck the ship of the convoy commodore, the Delmundo. | ||
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