Libertad
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| Name | Libertad | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 5,441 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste | ||
| Owner | Cuban Government | ||
| Homeport | Havana | ||
| Date of attack | 4 Dec 1943 | Nationality:  Cuban | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-129 (Richard von Harpe) | ||
| Position | 34.30N, 74.32W - Grid DC 1264 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (25 dead and 18 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | KN-280 | ||
| Route | Antilla - Key West (1 Dec) - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | 8000 tons of sugar | ||
| History | Completed in June 1921 as Italian Recca for Navigazione Libera Triestina SA, Trieste. 1936 sold to Società Anonima di Navigazione Italia, Genoa. 1941 seized by the Cuban government and renamed Libertad. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 08.57 hours on 4 Dec, 1943, the Libertad in convoy KN-280 was hit by two of four torpedoes from U-129 and sank quickly. The U-boat observed how the escort of three destroyers rescued survivors instead of hunting the attacker. One of the vessels was USS Natchez (PF 2) which picked up three survivors. | ||
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