SUNOIL
Year Built
1927
Official Number
--
Shipyard
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock
General Type
Tanker
Specific Type
Crude Oil
MARAD Type
--
Ship Length
--
Beam
--
Mast Height
--
Net Tons
5469.00 tons
Gross Tons
9005.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
116447.00 barrels
Draft, Summer
--
Draft, Lightweight
--
Displacement, Summer
--
Displacement, Lightweight
--
Immersion, Summer
--
Immersion, Lightweight
--
Fate
Sunk - Torpedo
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Milestones
Event | Date | Content |
---|---|---|
Sunk
| 4/5/1943 | Vessel torpedoed and sunk. |
Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
Date | Type | Name | Download | |
---|---|---|---|---|
(No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD | ||
(No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Sun Oil Corporation
Operator
Sun Oil Corporation
Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
April 05, 1943
Use at Loss
Cargo Transportation
Cause
Sunk - Torpedo
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarines U-563 while en route from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, to Clyde River, Scotland, United Kingdom, as part of Convoy HX-231.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
North Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
58° 16' N., 34° 14' W.
Incident Location Comments
North Atlantic Ocean
Lives Lost
69