| Name: | SAN LORENZO |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 27/12/1913 |
| Completed: | 02/1914 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 935 |
| Dimensions: | 9697grt, 9003nrt, 527.5 x 66.6 x 42.0ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 787nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 136639 |
| History: | |
| 06/02/1914 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
| 1928 | A/S Ørnen (SL Christensen), Sandefjord; renamed OLE WEGGER |
| 1932 | Manager became A/S Thor Dahl |
| 1941 | German Kriegsmarine |
| 26/08/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | 03/06/1917: Damaged by torpedo from U-Boat U54, but survived |
| 1928: Converted to a whaling factory ship | |
| 19/01/1941: Captured by German auxiliary cruiser PINGUIN, 800 miles | |
| east of South Georgia, in position 57.40S – 05.45W, whilst whaling | |
| 1941: Used as a base ship by the Kriegsmarine at Bordeaux | |
| 26/08/1944: Scuttled as a blockship at Rouen-Sahurs, River Seine | |
| 08/1945: Wreck refloated | |
| 1947: Broken up at Gothenburg |
Photo as SAN LORENZO is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Photo as OLE WEGGER is courtesy of George Robinson
Jarrow Express, Friday, 02/01/1914