War Expert
Ship Number
526
Vessel Type
Ao Type Tanker
Built
Govan Yard
Slip Number
B
Launch Date
December 29, 1917
Delivered
March 18, 1918
Owner
Shipping Controller - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co
Weight
5198 grt
BP Length
400 feet
Breadth
52 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
11.5 knots
Propulsion
steam, triple expansion, 517 nhp
Official No.
142320
Registered
London
Fate
Torpedoed
War Expert

[Andrea]
Built as British steam tanker War Expert (5198 tons), completed March 1918 for Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co, London; 1921 renamed Anomia for same owner; 1927 renamed Norwegian Andrea for A/B Brovigseil, Farsund; 1933 sold to Thos. Brovig, Farsund; 1938 renamed Italian Mugnone for Ditta Marino Querci, Genoa and converted to steam merchant.
On 10 Jun, 1940, the Mugnone was seized by Britain at Newcastle and was renamed Empire Progress by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT).
 
13th April 1942 torpedoed and sunk by U Boat (U.402) on voyage Glasgow to Tampa, Florida..