| Name: | BRITISH INFLUENCE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 08/03/1939 |
| Completed: | 05/1939 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1594 |
| Dimensions: | 8431grt, 4930nrt, 12443dwt, 466.3 x 61.9 x 33.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (600 x 2320mm), 687nhp |
| Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 167227 |
| History: | |
| 18/04/1939 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 14/12/1939 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/12/1939: Sank after being torpedoed and shelled by U-Boat U29, |
| 200 miles south west of Cork in position 49.43N - 12.49W | |
| On a voyage from Abadan to Hull with a cargo of diesel & fuel oil |