Sinking of Hull Number 29
Numerous Internet lists incorrectly report that the MC Hull 29 was sunk in 1944 off the coast of Cuba by a torpedo from an aircraft. Official Merchant Marine records and a survivor account indicate that MC Hull 29 with over 9,000 tons of cargo was actually sunk by a German submarine, using three torpedoes and killing ten crew members, off the coast of Cuba on 20 May 1942, on her maiden voyage from Baltimore, Maryland to Iran.
After being interrogated by the commander of the German submarine, the surviving crew members proceeded to Cuba in three lifeboats, arriving there the next morning.
Clay Blair, in Hitler's U-Boat War confirms that MC Hull 29, at 7,200 tons, was torpedoed by German Type VIIC submarine U-753, commanded by Alfred Manhardt von Manstein in May 1942.
Read more about this topic: SS George Calvert (MC Hull 29)
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