| Name: | BRITISH MARINER |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 04/10/1921 |
| Completed: | 07/03/1922 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 924 |
| Dimensions: | 10772dwt, 6996grt, 4083nrt, 440.2 x 57.1 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 654nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 146530 |
| History: | |
| 24/02/1922 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 1947 | Texaco, Panama; renamed TEX-AFRICA |
| 1948 | Cia Naviera Cristoforo SA, Panama (WE Rippon & Son, Genoa, managers) |
| 29/04/1951 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 20/10/1941: Torpedoed & damaged by U-Boat U126, 90 miles SW of Freetown |
| On a voyage from Freetown to Curacao in ballast | |
| Initially abandoned, but then towed into Freetown & declared a Constructive Total Loss | |
| 1942: Taken over by the Ministry of War Transport as a depot ship at Freetown | |
| 1947: Temporarily repaired & later towed to Lagos | |
| 24/07/1948: Arrived at Genoa for use as storage hulk | |
| 29/04/1951: Arrived at Savona for breaking up |
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