Name: | BRITISH SERGEANT |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 27/02/1922 |
Completed: | 08/1922 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 931 |
Dimensions: | 5868grt, 3387nrt, 9120dwt, 400.6 x 54.2 x 32.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 593nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146647 |
History: | |
04/10/1922 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
09/04/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 09/04/1942: Bombed & sunk 40 miles SE of Trincomalee |
On a voyage outwards from Trincomalee in ballast |
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