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 | |||||||
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Commanders and leaders | |||||||
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Strength | |||||||
Auxiliary cruiser Stier | Liberty ship Stanvac Calcutta | ||||||
Casualties and losses | |||||||
2 wounded Stier damaged |
17 killed 14 wounded 37 captured Stanvac Calcutta 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.