SS Cuba
| Latitude | 54°59′12.3″N |
| Longitude | 1°31′42.82″W |
| Street | Swan Hunter |
| City | Wallsend |
| County | Tyne and Wear |
| State/ Province | England |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Alternate Locations | |
|---|---|
| City | Saint-Nazair |
| Church Parish | arrondissement de Saint-Nazaire |
| County | Loire-Atlantique |
| State/ Province | pays de la Loire |
| Country | France |
| City | Liverpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
Narrative
SS Cuba was a French ocean liner.
Registration Number: 171463
Built: 1923 by Swan Hunter for the French line, Cie. Générale Transatlantique (CGT), Paris, to be used on the Saint-Nazaire-West Indies-Vera Cruz route.
Tonnage: 11,300 tons gross
Length: 145,1 meters
Beam: 19 meters
Engine: 2 x steam turbine engines, two shafts
Horsepower: 10,300 s horse power
Speed: 15.5 knots
Narrative
In 1940, SS Cuba was intercepted by a British warship, and used as a transport under Cunard management.
Narrative
In the morning of Wednesday, April 6, 1945, SS Cuba, in Convoy VW16 steaming towards Portsmouth, was torpedoed and sunk by U-1195.
She went down by the stern in 30 meters of water, and of the 250 crew, only two were lost.
The U-Boat, U-1195, was also sunk while sitting on the sea bed at 32 meters trying to evade the British destroyer, HMS Watchman.
Web Links
| Type | Link/ Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Web Search | SS Cuba [+1945], from Wreck Site.eu |