| Name: | BRITISH COLONY |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 04/04/1927 |
| Completed: | 05/1927 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1224 |
| Dimensions: | 10840dwt, 6917grt, 4143nrt, 440.2 x 57.0 x 33.7ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 74 x 51ins), 2920hp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149828 |
| History: | |
| 05/1927 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 13/05/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U162, 90 miles east of Barbados |
| On a voyage from Trinidad to Gibraltar with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox