CAPE LOBOS
Year Built
1944
Official Number
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Shipyard
Consolidated Steel Corporation
General Type
General Cargo
Specific Type
Break Bulk
MARAD Type
C1-S-AY1
Ship Length
396.42 feet
Beam
60.08 feet
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
4823.00 tons
Gross Tons
7177.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
184704.00 square feet
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Mission
| Mission Name |
|---|
| World War II |
Historical Documents
| Name | Download |
|---|
Milestones
| Event | Date | Content |
|---|---|---|
|
Lend-Lease
| 1/15/1944 | Vessel lend-leased to the British Ministry of War Transportation. |
|
Sunk
| 12/28/1944 | Vessel torpedoed and sunk |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
| Date | Type | Name | Download | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (No Date) | CAPE LOBOS.pdf |
|
Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
British Ministry of War Transportation
Operator
--
Operator Agreement
Unknown
Flag State
British
Incident Information
Incident Date
December 28, 1944
Use at Loss
Troop Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Believed to have been struck by a mine.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
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Accuracy of Incident Location
Known
Lat/Long
50°5'N/1°0'W
Incident Location Comments
--
Lives Lost
20
