Italian submarine fates

Ships hit by Italian submarines

Type	Cargo ship
Country	American
Built	1942	GRT	8,591

Date of attack	3 Mar 1943	Time	2344 2245Z (e)
Fate	Sunk by submarine Barbarigo (T.V. Roberto Rigoli)
Position of attack	16° 19'S, 36° 45'W
Complement	84 (no casualties, 84 survivors)
Convoy
Notes	At 1647 hours, a motorship (later estimated at 12,000 tons) was observed in the distance. It appeared to have spotted the submarine and tried escaping on a straight line without zigzagging, steering 230°. Barbarigo raced to intercept at 15.5 knots. However, the heat in the engine room was such, that a box of provisions was set afire. The fire was quickly extinguished without slowing down the submarine. At 2313 hours, three torpedoes (533mm) were fired from the bow tubes at a distance of 780 metres. All three hit, but the vessel did not sink. At 2329 hours, a torpedo (450mm) was fired from a stern tube, but it missed under. At 2344 hours, another torpedo (450mm) from a stern tube was the coup-de-grace and the ship sank. This was the American refrigeration ship *Stag Hound* (8,591 GRT, built 1942) routed independently from New York to Rio de Janeiro. The crew of eighty-four were rescued by the Argentine steamer *Rio Colorado* and landed at Rio de Janeiro on 6th March.