| Name: | SAN PATRICIO |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 15/02/1915 |
| Completed: | 01/05/1915 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 857 |
| Dimensions: | 12092grt, 7578nrt, 530.0 x 66.6 x 33.4ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 790nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 139006 |
| History: | |
| 12/05/1915 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
| 1929 | Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd, Dunedin; renamed SOUTHERN PRINCESS |
| 1938 | Registered at London |
| 1940 | The South Georgia Co Ltd, London |
| 17/03/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 03/05/1917: Damaged by torpedo from German U-Boat UC65. Subsequently repaired |
| 1929: Converted into a whale factory ship | |
| 17/03/1943: Sunk off Newfoundland by a torpedo from German U-Boat U600 | |
| On a voyage from New York to the Clyde | |
| She was carrying a cargo of oil, locomotives, landing craft and 26 passengers | |
| 4 people died, but 96 survived |
Above photo as SAN PATRICIO is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as SOUTHERN PRINCESS is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as SOUTHERN PRINCESS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return