Excelsior - (1914-1915)

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"Excelsior" was build in 1894.

The New York Times, February 22, 1916, Tuesday

The "Petrolite" was attacked by a submarine Dec. 6 about 350 miles west of Alexandria and just south of the east end

of the Island of Crete. The vessel belonged to the Standard Oil Company and had been in commission since April 14.

1915. The attacking submarine, according to a report made by the United States cruiser "Dea Molnes", carried an Austrian

flag, and one man was wounded on the "Petrolite" by an exploding shell fired bv the submarine. An affidavit made by

Captain Thompson, the master of the "Petrolite", declared that fourteen shots were fired at the "Petrolite", one of which

crashed into the engine room and injured a seaman, and, that the submarine commander took one of the "Petrolite's"

crew aboard the auttmarlne and held him as hostage while he obtained provisions from the steamer.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

EXCELSIOR - 1894 GE 1Triple (aft) (10½)

3,710 GRT for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg 339.1 x 43.7

Tanker build by Akt. Ges. "Vulcan", Stettin (5) #214

arrived St. Michaels, Azores 9 Aug 1914, voyage New Orleans - Bremen, subsequently transferred

1914 - Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), New York , USA 213029

1915 - PETROLITE, s/o

Torpedoed and sunk by U 35, 10 June 1917, 185 miles W ½ S of Cape Spartel (35.37N-08.29W),

voyage Genoa - U.S.A., in ballast.

The Miramar Ship Index for "PETROLITE"

Tons:	3710	Link:	-
DWT:		Yard No:	214
Length overall:		Ship Design:
LPP:	103.4	Country of build:	DEU
Beam:	13.3	Builder:	Stettiner Vulcan
Material of build:		Location of yard:	Stettin-Bredow
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):	1T-10,5

Subsequent History:

1915 PETROLITE

Disposal Data:

Torpedoed and sunk by U 35, 35.37 N / 8.29 W on 10.06.1917.

History: