MaritMarit - Roger Jordan Collection Built by: W. Gray and Sons, Hartlepool Completed: 1918 Owner: A/S Jensen Rederi. Tonnage: 5563 grt Length: 400 feet Beam: 52.8 feet Machinery: Triple expansion engine Speed: 11 knots In Admiralty Service (Royal Fleet Auxiliary) from 1940 Launched as a Commercial war Class Ship, War Subadar. Departed Alexandria on 1 October 1943 in convoy XT4, bound for Tripoli with a cargo of 7,000 tons of fuel oil. The ship was torpedoed at 15:50 hrs on 4 October by U 596 (Oberluitenant zur See Viktor-Wilhelm Nonn), at position 32º 57’ N 21º 11’ E. Marit was holed between No2 and 3 tanks and immediately started to list to Starboard, she sank at 17:00 hrs. The survivors were rescued by a Corvette and taken to Benghazi. Of the crew of 6 Norwegian, 4 British, 36 Lascar and 6 Chinese seamen, two were lost.
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