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British Sergeant in 1922
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History |
United Kingdom |
Name | SS British Sergeant |
Owner |
British Tanker Company |
Builder |
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company,
Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |
Yard number | 931 |
Launched | 27 February 1922 |
Completed | August 1922 |
Identification | United Kingdom Official Number: 146647 |
Fate | Sunk on 9 April 1942 |
General characteristics |
Type |
Oil tanker |
Tonnage | 5,868
GRT |
Length | 122.1 m (400 ft 7 in) |
Beam | 16.5 m (54 ft 2 in) |
Depth | 10 m (32 ft 10 in) |
Propulsion | 2 Steam turbines, single shaft, 1 screw |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
SS British Sergeant was a British
tanker built by
Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1922 and operated by the
British Tanker Company. She was sunk during
World War II on 9 April 1942 during the
Indian Ocean raid, off
Batticaloa,
Ceylon, by
Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.
References
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1942 |
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Shipwrecks |
- 1 Apr:
Giovanni delle Bande Nere,
HMS P36,
HMS Pandora,
Skytteren,
Storsten
- 2 Apr:
David H. Atwater,
Tiger
- 3 Apr:
Shaumyan
- 5 Apr:
HMS Abingdon,
SS Catahoula,
HMS Cornwall,
HMS Dorsetshire,
Empire Beacon,
HMS Hector,
HMS Tenedos
- 6 Apr:
HMS Havock,
HMIS Indus
- 7 Apr:
Lancing
- 8 Apr:
USS Dewey,
Byron D. Benson,
Shch-421,
HMT Svana
- 9 Apr:
Q-112 Apra,
HMS Hermes,
HMS Hollyhock,
HMS Lance,
Q-111 Luzon,
USS Napa,
Sagaing,
HMAS Vampire
- 10 Apr:
USS Canopus
- 11 Apr:
Empire Cowper,
USS Finch,
HMS Kingston
- 13 Apr:
El Occidente,
Empire Amethyst
- 14 Apr:
Benwood,
Margaret,
U-85,
U-252,
HMS Upholder
- 20 Apr:
Empire Dryden
- 22 Apr:
San Jacinto, ,
SS Connecticut
- 23 Apr:
Lammot Du Pont
- 24 Apr:
Empire Drum
- 26 Apr:
USS Sturtevant
- 29 Apr:
HMS Urge
- 30 Apr:
Ashkhabad
- Unknown date:
U-702
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