SS British Chivalry
British oil tanker sunk during World War II / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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SS British Chivalry was a British oil tanker sunk by a Japanese submarine in the Indian Ocean in 1944.
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History | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | British Chivalry |
Owner | British Tanker Company |
Port of registry | London |
Builder | Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Jarrow |
Yard number | 979 |
Launched | 24 January 1929 |
Completed | February 1929 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sunk, 22 February 1944 |
General characteristics [2] | |
Type | Oil tanker |
Tonnage | |
Length | 440 ft 10 in (134.37 m) |
Beam | 57 ft 1 in (17.40 m) |
Depth | 33 ft 11 in (10.34 m) |
Propulsion | 553 nhp quadruple expansion steam engine, 1 screw |
Speed | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
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