| Name: | SUNIK |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 02/12/1914 |
| Completed: | 02/1915 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 869 |
| Dimensions: | 5017grt, 2759nrt, 385.3 x 50.3 x 30.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 425nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 136770 |
| History: | |
| 29/01/1915 | Sunik Oil Transport Co Ltd (F Gilbert), London |
| 1924 | Soc Anon Les Pétroles d'Outremer, Dunkerque |
| 27/07/1939 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/1915: Requisitioned by the Admiralty for use as a water tanker |
| 09/04/1918: Torpedoed in the engine room by U-Boat UC52 off Messina | |
| Temporary repair using large wooden patch. Towed to Liverpool for repair | |
| 1919: Returned to owners | |
| 27/07/1939: Sank after catching fire following a collision with Swedish | |
| motor vessel GRANGESBERG in 49.55N - 04.30W, about 25 miles | |
| south of Fowey on a voyage from Constantza via Pernis to Liverpool | |
| and Ardrossan with a cargo of benzine |
Above photo taken at Messina in 1918 is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums