Banderas
Spanish Steam merchant
| Name | Banderas | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 2,140 tons | ||
| Completed | 1899 - William Pickersgill & Sons, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Cia Naviera Vascongada SA (Felix de Abasolo), Bilbao | ||
| Homeport | Bilbao | ||
| Date of attack | 18 Feb 1940 | Nationality:  Spanish | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-53 (Harald Grosse) | ||
| Position | Grid CG 2231 | ||
| Complement | 29 (22 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Bona - San Juan de Nieva - Pasajes | ||
| Cargo | 3400 tons of phosphates | ||
| History | Completed in July 1899 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 04.20 hours on 18 Feb, 1940, the neutral Banderas was torpedoed and sunk by U-53 8 miles northwest of Cabo Villano. The Germans apparently assumed that she was a straggler from the combined French convoy 65-KS/10-RS, but was in fact just heading in the same direction astern of the convoy. The survivors, two of them badly injured, were picked up by the Spanish fishing trawler Tritonia. | ||
Location of attack on Banderas.
ship sunk.
* Estimated position shown here is based on positions of losses in a roughly the same German grid code. It may be a bit off but should give a good idea as to where the attack took place.
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