Nikolina Matkovic
Yugoslavian Motor merchant
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| Name | Nikolina Matkovic | ||
| Type: | Motor merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 3,672 tons | ||
| Completed | 1919 - Long Beach Shipbuilding Co, Long Beach CA | ||
| Owner | Brodarsko Poduzece Eugen Matkovic, Split | ||
| Homeport | Split | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Oct 1942 | Nationality:  Yugoslavian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-661 (Erich Lilienfeld) | ||
| Position | 53.41N, 41.23W - Grid AJ 9327 | ||
| Complement | 35 (14 dead and 21 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | SC-104 | ||
| Route | Ciudad Trujillo - New York - Liverpool | ||
| Cargo | Sugar and lumber | ||
| History | Completed in January 1919 as steam merchant Magunkook for US Shipping Board (USSB). 1923 converted to a motor merchant and renamed Carriso for Carriso Inc (Flood Bros), San Francisco. 1935 sold to Griffiths SS Co, Wilmington CA. 1937 sold to Yugoslavia and renamed Nikolina Matkovic for Brodarsko Poduzece Eugen Matkovic, Split.
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| Notes on loss | About 00.50 hours on 14 Oct, 1942, the Nikolina Matkovic in convoy SC-104 was torpedoed and sunk by U-661, which was herself lost the next day. | ||
| Crewlists | We have listing of 3 people who were on this vessel | ||
Location of attack on Nikolina Matkovic.
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