BRILLIANT
Year Built
1930
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
5561.00 tons
Gross Tons
9132.00 tons
Cargo Capacity
112500.00 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 - Other Hostile Act
Historical Narrative
There is no historical narrative for this vessel at this time.
Vessel Name History
Mission
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| World War II |
Historical Documents
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| SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Milestones
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Ship Imagery
No images for this vessel
Status Cards
Documents
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| (No Date) | BRILLIANT.pdf |
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| (No Date) | Historical | SYSTEM UPLOAD |
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Plans
No documents for this vessel
Shipwreck Information
Vessel Information
Owner
Socony-Vacuum Oil Company
Operator
War Shipping Administration
Operator Agreement
Time Charter Agreement
Flag State
United States
Incident Information
Incident Date
January 20, 1943
Use at Loss
Other
Cause
Sunk - Other Hostile Act
Cause Comments
Torpedoed by German submarine U-43 while en route from New York, New York, to Belfast, Ireland, as part of Convoy SC-109 on November, 18. Did not sink, but was brought under control by some of the crew and made it safely to Newfoundland, Canada. On January 20, 1943, Brilliant broke up and sank in a heavy sea while being towed to Halifax.
Conflict
World War II
Location of Incident
Northwest Atlantic
Accuracy of Incident Location
Historic 1
Lat/Long
50° 42' N., 45° 50' W.
Incident Location Comments
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Lives Lost
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