| Name: | BRITISH STRENGTH |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 17/02/1931 |
| Completed: | 04/1931 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 1005 |
| Dimensions: | 11095dwt, 7139grt, 4169nrt, 441.2 x 59.7 x 33.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25), 687nhp, 2250bhp |
| Engines by: | Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162575 |
| History: | |
| 22/04/1931 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 15/03/1941 | Sunk |
| Comments: | This was Palmers' last build at the Hebburn Yard |
| 15/03/1941: Sunk by gunfire from SCHARNHORST, 1000 miles ExS of Nova Scotia | |
| On voyage from London to Aruba in ballast | |
| Captain & 2 radio officers killed and 44 crew taken prisoner |
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
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