Ships hit by U-boats


Colombia

Panamanian Motor merchant


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NameColombia
Type:Motor merchant
Tonnage1,064 tons
Completed1939 - Öresundsvarvet A/B, Landskrona 
OwnerCia de Navegacion y Tierras Elliot SA, Panama 
HomeportPanama 
Date of attack8 Dec 1943Nationality:      Panamanian
 
FateSunk by U-516 (Hans-Rutger Tillessen)
Position09.50N, 78.55W - Grid EL 3156
Complement27 (4 dead and 23 survivors).
Convoy
RouteBarranquilla - Cristobal 
CargoCoffee and cinchona bark 
History Completed in March 1939 
Notes on loss

At 12.00 hours on 8 Dec, 1943, the unescorted Colombia was torpedoed and sunk by U-516 20 miles north of San Blas Point.

 

Location of attack on Colombia.

ship sunk.


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