| Name: | BRITISH SUN |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 03/06/1909 |
| Completed: | 07/1909 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 835 |
| Dimensions: | 5565grt, 3509nrt, 412.2 x 52.3 x 29.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 465nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 127990 |
| History: | |
| 06/1909 | British Sun Co Ltd (Wm Smellie), Liverpool |
| 01/05/1917 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1914: Requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler |
| 01/05/1917: Sank after being torpedoed by U-Boat UB43 when 230 miles | |
| ESE of Malta on a voyage from Abadan to Malta with a cargo of fuel oil |