Conch
Ship Number
909
Vessel Type
Oil Tanker
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
3
Launch Date
July 2, 1931
Delivered
December 22, 1931
Owner
Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co.
Weight
8376 grt
BP Length
455 feet
Breadth
61-9 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
12.5 knots
Propulsion
Single Acting (S.A.) 2 x 6 cyl diesel engines. 877 n.h.p.
Official No.
162663
Registered
London
Fate
Torpedoed
Conch

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Third of that name in the Shell fleet, first one was 1892, second Conch in 1909.
 
She was part of a 20 ship order of 12000 ton motor tankers built in various yards that year.
 
On the 3rd Decmber 1940 when on route from Trinidad - Bermuda - Clyde carrying a cargo of 11,217 tons of Admiralty fuel oil when she was torpedoed by German submarine U-47  about 370 miles west of Bloody Foreland  and dropped behind the convoy. At 09.05 and 09.32 hours, the vessel was hit by three more torpedoes from U-95, two of which had only little effect.
 
The tanker was finally sunk by one torpedo from U-99 at 10.19 hours on 3 December. The master and 52 crew members were picked up by the HMCS St. Laurent (H 83) and landed at Greenock.