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SS Supetar

Yugoslavian Cargo ship

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Overview

SS Supetar was a Yugoslavian Cargo ship that was torpedoed and sunk by the on 12 June 1942 in the Indian Ocean, south of Beira, Mozambique.

Construction

Supetar was built at the William Gray & Co. Ltd. shipyard in West Hartlepool, County Durham, North East England in 1909. Where she was launched and completed that same year. The ship was long, had a beam of and a depth of . She was assessed at and had 1 x 3-cyl. triple expansion engine driving a single screw propeller. The ship could reach a maximum speed of 8.5 knots.

Sinking

Supetar was torpedoed and sunk by the on 12 June 1942 in the Indian Ocean, south of Beira, Mozambique. All crew on board at the time of the sinking survived.

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