World War IIDS Port Antonio
The DS Port Antonio was en route from Guatemala to Tampa with coffee when it was torpedoed on 19 July 1942 by the German U-boat U-129 at position 23°39’N and 84°00’W, approximately due west of Havana. The ship’s bottom was completely blown out, and it sank in two minutes. Eleven men made it into a lifeboat after initially being in the water. The U-boat surfaced, gave the survivors the course to Cuba, and then disappeared. On 21 July, the survivors landed at Santa Lucia. Thirteen Norwegians perished in the sinking.
About DS Port Antonio
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Nationality
Norway
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Built
1913
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Wrecked
19.07.1942
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Carrier
Harboe Jensen,L.,Kristiania/Oslo
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Tonnage
1600 dvt
