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]
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