Action of 6 June 1942

Action of 6 June 1942
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)
Date6 June 1942
Location
Result German victory
Belligerents
 Germany  United States
Commanders and leaders
Horst Gerlach Gustav Karlsson 
Edward Anderson
Strength
1 Auxiliary cruiser 1 Liberty ship
Casualties and losses
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.