World War IISS Thomas Ruffin

The American SS Thomas Ruffin was torpedoed on 9 March 1943 by the German U-boat U-510 off the coast of Trinidad. The vessel was en route from Suez, Port Elizabeth, Cape Town, and Bahia, Brazil, to Georgetown, British Guiana, in ballast. Six lives were lost, and fifty-two persons were rescued.

About SS Thomas Ruffin

  • Nationality

    Flag USA

  • Built

    1942

  • Wrecked

    09.03.1943

  • Carrier

    United States War Shipping Adm. USA

  • Tonnage

    7191 brt

Casualties