Caribsea
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Buenaventrua
was laid down as a freighter in Duluth in Minnesota, and
was launched in 1919 for the US Shipping Board. She was
sold in 1923 to Panama Railroad Company, and in 1940 she
was bought by Stockton Steamship Company and renamed
Caribsea. Under a journey from Santiago
to Norfolk loaded with manganese, she fell victim ti the
German uboat U 158 outside
Cape Lookout in North Carolina 3. November 1941.At 02:00
o`clock in the night she was hit by two torpedoes and sank
in the deep in less than three minutes. 21 men from the
crew lost their lives in the sinking. The battered wreck
rest today on a depth of 20 to 30 meter outside Cape
Lookout.
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| GPS: N 34° 36.414' W 76° 18.846' ( Source : New Jersey Scuba Diving )  Picture: Caribsea Paul M. Hudy © NC-Wreckdiving |
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