SUNOIL


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Year Built
1927
Official Number
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Shipyard
Sun Shipbuilding and Drydock
General Type
Tanker
Specific Type
Crude Oil
MARAD Type
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Ship Length
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Beam
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Mast Height
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Net Tons
5469.00 tons
Gross Tons
9005.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
116447.00 barrels
Draft, Summer
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Draft, Lightweight
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Displacement, Summer
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Displacement, Lightweight
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Immersion, Summer
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Immersion, Lightweight
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Fate
Sunk - Torpedo

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SUNOIL

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Milestones


Event Date Content
Sunk
4/5/1943 Vessel torpedoed and sunk.

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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