World War IIMT Tankexpress

MT Tankexpress was torpedoed on July 25, 1942, by the German U-boat U-130 south of Cape Verde. The ship was en route from Freetown, Sierra Leone, to Trinidad in ballast. The entire crew survived the sinking and was later picked up by a British warship.

About MT Tankexpress

  • Nationality

    Flag Norway

  • Built

    1937

  • Wrecked

    25.07.1942

  • Carrier

    Sigurd Herlofson & Co, Oslo

  • Tonnage

    15310 dvt

Casualties