TELA


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Year Built
1927
Official Number
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Shipyard
Workman, Clark and Company Limited
General Type
Not Assigned
Specific Type
Not Assigned
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
357.00 feet
Beam
31.00 feet
Mast Height
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Net Tons
1877.00 tons
Gross Tons
3901.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
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Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo

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TELA

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Vessel Information
Owner
Empresa Hondurena de Vapores - United Fruit

Operator
Empresa Hondurena de Vapores - United Fruit

Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement

Flag State
Honduras

Incident Information
Incident Date
June 08, 1942

Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation

Cause
Sunk - Torpedo

Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-504 while en route from New Orleans, Louisiana, to Puerto Limon, Costa Rica.

Conflict
World War II

Location of Incident
Caribbean Sea

Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1

Lat/Long
18° 15' N., 85° 20' W.

Incident Location Comments
Caribbean Sea, off the east coast of Belize

Lives Lost
11