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)
Date 6 June 1942 Location Off Recife, Atlantic Ocean Result German victory
Belligerents
Germany	United States
Commanders and leaders
Horst Gerlach	Gustav Karlsson † Edward Anderson
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.