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Loss
Date 4 May 1940
Event ID 621717
Category Documentary Reference
Type Loss
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/event/621717
(Classified as steel tanker with cargo of fuel oil: date of loss cited as 4 May 1940). San Tiburcio: this vessel was mined 4 miles, 330 deg from Tarbat Ness, broke in two and sank.
Registration: London. Built 1921. 5995grt. Length: 124m. Beam: 16m.
(Location of loss cited as N57 46.57 W3 45.53).
I G Whittaker 1998.
