SS British Sergeant

British Sergeant in 1922
History
UK
Name: SS British Sergeant
Owner: British Tanker Company
Builder: Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
Yard number: 931
Launched: 1922
Identification: United Kingdom Official Number: 146647
Fate: Sunk 9 April 1942
General characteristics
Type: Oil tanker
Tonnage: 5,868 GT
Length: 122 m (400.3 ft)
Beam: 16 m (52.49344 ft)
Depth: 10 m (33 ft)
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 in the Indian Ocean off Batticaloa, Ceylon, by Imperial Japanese Navy aiircraft.[1]

References

  1. ↑ "SS British Sergeant [+1942]". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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