SS Supetar

SS Supetar was a Yugoslavian Cargo ship that was torpedoed and sunk by the JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-16 on 12 June 1942 in the Indian Ocean, 100 nmi 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 111.1 m long, had a beam of 15.5 m and a depth of 7 m. 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 JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-16 on 12 June 1942 in the Indian Ocean, 100 nmi south of Beira, Mozambique. All crew on board at the time of the sinking survived.