Carmen
Dominican Sailing ship
Name | Carmen | ||
Type: | Sailing ship | ||
Tonnage | 84 tons | ||
Completed | |||
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Homeport | |||
Date of attack | 11 Jul 1942 | Nationality: Dominican | |
Fate | Sunk by U-166 (Hans-Günther Kuhlmann) | ||
Position | 19° 43'N, 70° 12'W - Grid DN 95 | ||
Complement | 8 (1 dead and 7 survivors). | ||
Convoy | |||
Route | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic – Ponce, Puerto Rico | ||
Cargo | 2000 sacks of maize and 476 pieces of mahogany and cedar | ||
History | | ||
Notes on event | At 19.00 hours on 11 July 1942 the unescorted and unarmed two-masted schooner Carmen was shelled and sunk by U-166 about 8 miles northeast of Gaspar Hernández, Dominican Republic. One crew member was lost. The survivors reached the nearby coast in a lifeboat. |
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