BRILLIANT


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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



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Vessel Name History

BRILLIANT

Mission

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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
11