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San Nicolas - (1926-1942)
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San Nicolas 5.1926 2,391 Gt
16.2.1942: Sunk by submarine (U.502) torpedo 25 miles south west of Punta Macolla, Gulf of Maracaibo
(voyage Lake Maracaibo/Aruba).
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
SAN NICOLAS - 1926 BR 2 Triple (aft) (10)
2,391 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London 305.7 x 50.2
Tanker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast (5) #739 148763
1936 - s/o (no mgrs.)
Torpedoed and sunk by U 502, 16 Feb 1942, 25 miles SW of Punta Macolla, Venezuela,
voyage Lake Maracaibo - Aruba, crude oil.
Additional information from UBOAT.NET :
Name: San Nicolas
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 2.391 tons
Completed: 1926 - Harland & Wolff Ltd, Belfast
Owner: Lago Shipping Co Ltd (Esso), London
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 16 Feb, 1942
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-502 (Jürgen von Rosenstiel)
Position: Grid EC 9438
- See location on a map -
Complement: 26 (7 dead and 19 survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: Lake Maracaibo - Aruba
Cargo: Crude oil
History: -
Notes on loss:
At 11.50 hours on 16 Feb, 1942, the unescorted San Nicolas was hit by one torpedo from U-502 and sank in flames 25 miles
southwest of Punta Macolla in the Gulf of Venezuela. The tanker had been missed in a first attack at 11.34 hours. Seven crew
members were lost. 19 crew members were rescued and landed at Maracaibo.