She was a Cargo vessel built in 1929 by W.Doxford & Sons, Ltd. for Jugoslavenski Lloyd Akcionarsko Drustvo Baburizza & Co., the managers of Zagrep, Yugoslavia.
She was the largest vessel in the Jugoslav Merchant Marine at that time.
Diamensions; lenght; 425' (135 m), beam; 58'2", draught; 28'6". 6363 tons.
This Sunderland-built vessel was registered at Dubrovnik.
On Jul. 9, 1942, she was en route from Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, to New York via Lobito, Angola, with a cargo of manganese ore & zinc concentrates.
The unescorted Yugoslavian steam Merchant Triglav was hit by two torpedoes fired by U-66, and sank after a boiler explosion at 26.47N-48.10W, about 800 miles ESE of the Bermudas at 2042 hours.
24 lives were lost (23 crew & a gunner). 19 are said to have survived.
Yugoslavia, 1939, S.G.?, Scott; B92.
Source: Various web-sites.