San Tiburcio
| Name | San Tiburcio | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5.995 tons | ||
| Completed | 1921 - Standard Shipbuilding Corp, Shooter´s Island NY | ||
| Owner | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 4 May, 1940 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-9 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
| Position | 57.46N, 03.45W - Grid AN 1753 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 40 (0 dead and 40 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Scapa Flow, Orkneys (4 May) - Invergordon, Cromarty Firth | ||
| Cargo | 2193 tons of fuel oil and 12 Sunderland aircraft floats | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.10 hours on 4 May, 1940, the San Tiburcio (Master Walter Frederick Fynn) struck a mine laid on 10 February by U-9 4 miles 330° from Tarbett Ness, Moray Firth. A tug and HMS Codrington (D 65) were sent to assist the tanker, but she broke in two after 45 minutes and sank. The master and 39 crew members were picked up by her escort HMS Leicester City (FY 223) (T/Lt A.R. Cornish, RNR) and landed at Invergordon. The master Walter Frederick Fynn died when his next ship, the San Arcadio was sunk by U-107 (Gelhaus) on 31 Jan, 1942. | ||
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