| Name: | BRITISH FREEDOM |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 09/12/1927 |
| Completed: | 06/1928 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 968 |
| Dimensions: | 10440dwt, 6985grt, 4171nrt, 440.1 x 57.1 x 33.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (22.75 x 91.25), 642nhp, 3210bhp |
| Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 160493 |
| History: | |
| 02/06/1928 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 14/01/1945 | Sank |
| Comments: | Chartered by the Admiralty as an escort tanker & armed |
| 27/06/1942: Torpedoed off North Carolina. Limped into Newport News and repaired | |
| 14/01/1945: Convoy BX-141 (Boston-Halifax) arrived off Halifax Harbour | |
| As convoy formed a single column for entry to the port, BRITISH FREEDOM was struck | |
| A torpedo from U-Boat U1232 hit in the engine room & she sank by the stern | |
| 1 engineer was killed |
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