Victor Ross
British Motor tanker
Name | Victor Ross | ||
Type: | Motor tanker | ||
Tonnage | 12,247 tons | ||
Completed | 1933 - Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||
Owner | British Mexican Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
Homeport | London | ||
Date of attack | 2 Dec 1940 | Nationality: British | |
Fate | Sunk by U-43 (Wolfgang Lüth) | ||
Position | 56° 04'N, 18° 30'W - Grid AL 6244 | ||
Complement | 44 (44 dead - no survivors) | ||
Convoy | OB-251 | ||
Route | Liverpool - New York | ||
Cargo | Ballast | ||
History | Completed in January 1933 for Baltisch-Amerikanische Petroleum Import GmbH, Danzig. 1935 transferred to Panama Transport Co, Panama. 1940 given to Britain and taken over by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
Notes on event | At 09.41 hours on 2 Dec 1940 the Victor Ross (Master Ernest Butler Case) in convoy OB-251 was hit by two torpedoes from U-43 and sank by the stern after being hit aft by a coup de grâce at 10.15 hours 355 miles 210° from Bloody Foreland, Co. Donegal. The tanker had been missed by a first coup de grâce at 09.50 hours and the U-boat had to evade a ramming attempt by diving shortly afterwards. The master, 42 crew members and one gunner were lost. | ||
On board | We have details of 43 people who were on board. |
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