MV British Prudence
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MV British Prudence was a tanker built by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd. of Sunderland in 1939 and operated by the British Tanker Company. A U-boat sank her in 1942 off the coast of Newfoundland. She was a victim of the Second Happy Time: the Kriegsmarine's Operation Drumbeat to sink Allied merchant shipping in the Western Atlantic
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Name | British Prudence[1] |
Owner | British Tanker Company[1] |
Port of registry | London[1] |
Builder | Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd, Sunderland[1] |
Yard number | 723 |
Launched | 6 February 1939 |
Completed | April 1939[1] |
Out of service | 23 March 1942 |
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Fate | Sunk 23 March 1942 |
General characteristics | |
Type | oil tanker |
Tonnage | 8,620 GRT, 4,903 NRT[1] |
Length | 474.6 ft (144.7 m)[1] |
Beam | 62.0 ft (18.9 m)[1] |
Draught | 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)[1] |
Depth | 33.9 ft (10.3 m)[1] |
Installed power | 687 NHP[1] |
Propulsion | 4-cylinder single-acting 2-stroke diesel made by William Doxford & Sons of Sunderland[1] |
Capacity | 11,500 tons |
Crew | 44 Merchant Navy plus 6 DEMS gunners |
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