Canadolite

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The Canadian oil tanker Canadolite was an 11,309 GRT vessel. [1] She was built in 1926 and launched later that year. [2] She was owned by the Imperial Oil company and was built in Germany.

On March 25, 1941, she was captured by the German auxiliary cruiser Kormoran . Her crew was saved and sent to a German internment camp. She was subsequently turned into the German tanker Sudetenland. She survived until 1944 when RAF aircraft sank her in Brest.

References

  1. ↑ Mckee, Darlington, Fraser, Robert (1996). The Canadian Naval Chronicle. Canada: Vanwell Publishing. pp. 228–229. ISBN   1-55125-032-2.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Canadolite - (1926-1941)". www.aukevisser.nl. Retrieved 2015-12-18.


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