Olympic
Panamanian Steam tanker
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| Name | Olympic | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 5,335 tons | ||
| Completed | 1907 - J. Readhead & Sons, South Shields | ||
| Owner | Cia International de Vapores SA & Cia General de Vapores SA (S.S. Niarchos), Panama | ||
| Homeport | Panama | ||
| Date of attack | 22 Jan 1942 | Nationality:  Panamanian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-66 (Richard Zapp) | ||
| Position | 34° 03'N, 75° 18'W - Grid DC 1295 | ||
| Complement | 35 (35 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Curaçao (13 Jan) - Baltimore | ||
| Cargo | Crude oil | ||
| History | Completed in November 1907 as British Harport (3986 grt) for J.& C.Harrison Ltd, London. 1912 sold to Germany and converted to a tanker for Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum GmbH, Hamburg. In August 1914 the ship was at Pisagua, Chile and shortly thereafter transferred to US flag under the name Dayton for Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, Bayonne. 1923 sold to J.M. Botts, New York. 1925 renamed Olympic for Olympic SS Co Inc, Seattle. 1940 sold to Petroleum Heat & Power Co, Los Angeles. 1941 registered in Panama for Cia International de Vapores SA & Cia General de Vapores SA (S.S. Niarchos), Panama. | ||
| Notes on event | At 12.39 hours on 22 January 1942 U-66 fired two stern torpedoes at an unescorted steamer about 70 miles south of Cape Hatteras, which broke in two and sank within one minute after being hit twice on its starboard side. The vessel was probably Olympic, which was reported missing when she failed to arrive in Baltimore on 22 January 1942. | ||
| On board | We have details of 30 people who were on board. | ||
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