Technical
general cargo vessel - steam - single screw
5,234 GRT - 8,200 DWT
dimensions - 412' x 52'4" x 25'3" service speed 10 knots

History - Built 1918 - Sir Raylton Dixon & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough. Completed as the British steam tanker War Spartan for Anglo American Oil Co in October 1918 - 1919 converted to steam merchant and renamed Taxandrier for Lloyd Royal Belge (Great Britain), London - 1923 sold to Belgium, Lloyd Royal Belge SA, Antwerp - 1927 sold to Britain and renamed Kinross� for Sutherland Steam Ship Co, Newcastle - 1934 sold to Greece and renamed Carras.

Because of U-666's damaging attack earlier the ship laid dead in the water.� U-333 sank her with a finishing shot fired at 21:28 CET.

See also the entry for U-666 which fired the torpedo that doomed this ship.

Many thanks to Walter Jannsens for the extra information on this page

Unless otherwise stated, all dates and times are from the German perspective and are given in CET.
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