SS British Sergeant
 British Sergeant in 1922 | |
| 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.[1]
Footnotes
References
- "SS British Sergeant [+1942]". The Wrecksite. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in April 1942
- 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
- 2 Apr: Tiger
- 3 Apr: Tobruk
- 5 Apr: HMS Gallant
- 6 Apr: Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya
- 7 Apr: Angelo Bassini
- 8 Apr: USCGC Legare, USS Mackerel
- 9 Apr: Benwood
- 10 Apr: USS Finch, USS Uranus
- 11 Apr: Gulfamerica
- 14 Apr: USS Mackerel
- 20 Apr: HMS Cotswold, USS Flying Fish
- 21 Apr: Akitsushima
- 30 Apr: HMS Edinburgh
