Official Number:                      N/R

Laid down:

Builder:                                  Deutsche Werft AG Betrieb Finkenwarder, Hamburg

Launched:                              27 April 1937 

Into Service:                           WW2

Out of service:                        WW2

Fate:                                     13 March 1953 sank

Items of historic interest involving this ship: –

Background Data:  One of an additional group of ships which served as Escort Oilers during WW2

Career Data:

27 April 1937 launched by Deutsche Werft AG Betrieb Finkenwarder, Hamburg as Yard Nr: 192 named Thorsholm for Skibs A/S Thorsholm (A/S Thor Dahl, Manager) Sandefjord after it had been purchased from Unilever Ltd for £155.000

May 1937 completed

27 March 1940 sailed Loss Angles

9 April 1940 was on passage from Los Angeles to Yokohama when war broke out in Norway

29 April 1940 arrived at Yokohama

4 May 1940 sailed Yokohama independently to Singapore arriving 16 May 1940

17 May 1940 sailed Singapore independently to Palembang arriving the next day thence to Cape Town arriving 17 June 1940

24 June 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Durban arriving 29 June 1940

30 June 1940 sailed Durban independently to Abadan

19 July 1940 sailed Abadan independently to Cape Town arriving 17 August 1940

22 August 1940 sailed Cape Town independently to Durban arriving 26 August 1940

22 September 1940 sailed Durban independently to Abadan arriving 10 October 1940

13 October 1940 sailed Abadan independently to Aden arriving 22 October 1940

3 November 1940 sailed Aden joining convoy BN8 to Suez arriving 11 November 1940

4 December 1940 sailed Port Said independently to Alexandria arriving the next day

11 December 1940 sailed Alexandria independently to Haifa arriving 13 December 1940

1 January 1941 sailed Haifa independently to Port Said arriving 8 January 1941

WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler – name unchanged

30 April 1943 sailed Liverpool in convoy ON181 to New York arriving 17 May 1943. Carried 60 depth charges for issue to the convoy escorts of which 10 were issued

28 January 1944 sailed New York in convoy HX277 to Liverpool arriving 13 February 1944. With two other tankers in this convoy served as an Escort Oiler

13 March 1944 sailed New York in convoy HX283 to the River Clyde arriving 28 March 1944. Carried 60 depth charges for issue to the convoy escorts. With four other tankers in this convoy served as an Escort Oiler

7 April 1944 sailed Liverpool in convoy ON231 to New York arriving 25 April 1944. With three other tankers in this convoy served as an Escort Oiler

26 November 1952 purchased by Monrovia Shipping Co Ltd (Economou & Co Ltd., London Managers) Monrovia and renamed Angy

8 March 1953 suffered an explosion and fire when 1,000 miles east of New York and 550 miles from Argentia, Newfoundland and broke in two with 9 men aboard the bow section and the remaining 28 others in the stern section

9 March 1953 the bow section sank with the loss of all aboard. A line was put aboard the stern section after all 28 survivors had been rescued by the American ship Seaborne in an attempt to tow it to New York

13 March 1953 the stern section finally sank