| Name: | BRITISH CORPORAL |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 29/11/1921 |
| Completed: | 05/1922 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 923 |
| Dimensions: | 10817dwt, 6972grt, 4072nrt, 440.0 x 57.1 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 3270shp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 146561 |
| History: | |
| 11/05/1922 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 1942 | Ministry of War Transport; renamed EMPIRE CORPORAL |
| 14/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 04/07/1940: Attacked by a German E-Boat, 10 miles south of Portland Bill |
| The damage was very severe and she was declared a total loss | |
| 1942: Taken over by the Ministry of War Transport and repaired | |
| 14/08/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U598, 400 miles ESE of Havana | |
| On a voyage from Curacao to Key West with a cargo of petrol & white spirit |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive A Fisher