Ceronia
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| Name | Ceronia | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.096 tons | ||
| Completed | 1939 - Wilton-Fyenoord NV, Rotterdam | ||
| Owner | NV Petroleum Mij ´La Corona´, The Hague | ||
| Homeport | The Hague | ||
| Date of attack | 5 Feb, 1940 | Nationality:  Dutch | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-41 (Gustav-Adolf Mugler) | ||
| Position | 49.14N, 08.34W - - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | ? men (0 dead and ? survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Las Piedras - Rotterdam | ||
| Cargo | |||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.32 hours on 5 Feb, 1940, the unescorted and unarmed Ceronia was hit by a torpedo, but made it to Rotterdam under her own power. The attacker must have been U-41, which was herself lost during a second attack on the convoy OA-84 the same day. | ||
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