Tucurinca
| Name | Tucurinca | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5.412 tons | ||
| Completed | 1926 - A. Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Elders & Fyffes Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Mar, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-221 (Hans-Hartwig Trojer) | ||
| Position | 51.00N, 30.10W - Grid BD 3115 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 82 (1 dead and 81 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-228 | ||
| Route | Halifax - Belfast Lough - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | 4000 tons of general cargo, including foodstuffs and mail | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.26 hours on 10 Mar, 1943, the Tucurinca (Master John Allen Moore) in convoy HX-228 was torpedoed and sunk by U-221 southeast of Cape Farewell. The third engineer was lost. The master, 65 crew members, five gunners and ten passengers (RCAF officers) were picked up by FFL Roselys (K 57) and landed at Gourock. | ||
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