W. B. Walker (MV) (fore part)

Motor-ship in Ireland, dating from 1941

10,468 ton tanker built in 1935 by Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel. Owned by Oriental Tankers, Hong Kong. Measured 149m x20.8m x 11.3m and had 912 n.h.p. oil engines and was capable of 12 knots. Torpedoed by a German submarine-93 on 29th January 1941. Four of the 47 crew on board died during the attack. The tanker broke in two and both parts remained afloat. The fore part was sunk by gunfire on February 6th at 56 00N, 15 23W. Attempts to tow the after part failed and it sank off the Scotti

Type:
Motor-ship

Period:
1941

Coordinates:
56.00°N, 15.38°W

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