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Yarraville - (1933-1940)
"Yarraville" was build in 1928.
Additional Information from the Starke & Schell Ships-registers ;
YARRAVILLE - 1928 BR 1T (aft) (11)
8,627 GRT for Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London 460.0 x 62.8
Tanker built by Lithgows, Ltd., Port Glasgow (4) #807 160395
1933 - Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
Torp. and sunk by U 43, 21 June 1940, in 39.40N-11.34W, voy. Bec d'Ambes - Beaumont via Casablanca, in ballast
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: Yarraville
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 8.627 tons
Completed: 1928
Owner: Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong
Homeport: Hong Kong
Date of attack: 21 Jun, 1940
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-43 (Wilhelm Ambrosius)
Position: 39.40N, 11.34W - Grid CG 5415
- See location on a map -
Complement: ? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy: 65-X
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: -
Notes on loss: -