Photo by Roel Zwama www.surf.to/shiplover
Built: 1911
Tonnage: 3,766 / 6,290 tons
Cargo: 2,555 tons of millet, 2,507 tons of corn and 489 tons of wheat.
Route: Buenos Aires - UK
Sunk 19 JUL 40 By Raider Thor on pos 14º 00’S 33º 00’W
0 Dead
33 POW
SS Tela en route to the UK, was intercepted on 17th July 1940. Thor fired a shot across her bow and TELA stopped without sending distress signals. The crew of 33 abandoned ship and were taken aboard Thor and TELA was subsequently sunk by demolition charges.