Ships hit by U-boats


Venezia


NameVenezia
Type:Motor merchant
Tonnage1,673 tons
Completed1938 - A/B Lindholmens Varv, Gothenburg 
OwnerRederi-A/B Svenska Lloyd, Gothenburg 
HomeportGothenburg 
Date of attack21 Jun 1943Nationality:      Swedish
 
FateSunk by U-513 (Friedrich Guggenberger)
Position25.50S, 38.38W - Grid GB 15
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Complement27 (0 dead and 27 survivors).
Convoy
RouteBahia - Buenos Aires 
CargoGeneral cargo, including tobacco, coffee, cocoa, cocoa butter and drums of vegetable oil 
History Completed in June 1938 
Notes on loss

On 21 Jun, 1943, the unescorted Venezia was torpedoed and sunk by U-513 off Rio de Janeiro.

 


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