| Name: | BRITISH FAME |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 19/06/1936 |
| Completed: | 08/1936 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1498 |
| Dimensions: | 8303grt, 4925nrt, 466.3 x 61.9 x 33.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25ins), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 164701 |
| History: | |
| 15/08/1936 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 12/08/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 12/08/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by Italian submarine ALESSANDRO |
| MALASPINA, 100 miles east of the Azores at 37.44N - 22.56W | |
| On a voyage from Avonmouth via Cape Town to Abadan in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
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