| Name: | BRITISH UNION |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 26/09/1927 |
| Completed: | 11/1927 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1226 |
| Dimensions: | 10912dwt, 6987grt, 4163nrt, 440.1 x 57.0 x 33.9ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Wallsend-Sulzer type, 6cyl (680 x 1200mm), 3745bhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots (trails) |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149943 |
| History: | |
| 09/11/1927 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 18/01/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 18/01/1941: Captured & scuttled by German raider KORMORAN, |
| 800 miles west of the Canary Islands | |
| On a voyage from Gibraltar to Curacao in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Stuart Smith
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 24/11/1927