British Resource
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| Name | British Resource | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 7.209 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd, Greenock | ||
| Owner | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 14 Mar, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-124 (Johann Mohr) | ||
| Position | 36.04N, 65.38W - Grid CB 7593 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 49 (45 dead and 4 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Curaçao (4 Mar) - UK | ||
| Cargo | 10.000 tons of benzine and white spirit | ||
| History | | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.18 hours on 14 Mar, 1942, the unescorted British Resource (Master James Kennedy) was torpedoed by U-124 north of Bermuda, caught fire and burned until she sank the next day. The master, 41 crew members and three gunners were lost. One crew member and three gunners were picked up by the British corvette HMS Clarkia (K 88) (LtCdr F.J.G. Jones) and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda. | ||
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