Action of 6 June 1942
| Action of 6 June 1942 | |||||||
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| Part of the Battle of the Atlantic of World War II | |||||||
A liberty ship of the same type as the SS Stanvac Calcutta(error, this is not what the Stanvac Calcutta looked like, for the ship was of a similar type to a T2 Tanker) | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
| Germany | United States | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Horst Gerlach |
Gustav Karlsson † Edward Anderson | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
| 1 Auxiliary cruiser | 1 Liberty ship | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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2 wounded Auxiliary cruiser damaged |
17 killed 14 wounded 37 captured Liberty ship sunk | ||||||
The action of 6 June 1942 was a single ship action fought during World War II. The German raider Stier encountered and sank the American tanker SS Stanvac Calcutta while cruising in the South Atlantic Ocean off Brazil.