Cadillac
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Cadillac | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 12,062 tons | ||
| Completed | 1917 - Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Hebburn-on-Tyne | ||
| Owner | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | Newcastle | ||
| Date of attack | 1 Mar 1941 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-552 (Erich Topp) | ||
| Position | 59.44N, 11.16W - Grid AM 2175 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 42 (37 dead and 5 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | HX-109 | ||
| Route | Aruba - Halifax (13 Feb) - Avonmouth | ||
| Cargo | 17.000 tons of aviation spirit | ||
| History | Completed in December 1917 On 7 Apr, 1918, the Cadillac was torpedoed and damaged by U-53 (Rose) about 100 miles west-southwest of Bishop Rock. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 23.56 hours on 1 Mar, 1941, the Cadillac (Master John Fraser Jefferson) in convoy HX-109 was torpedoed and sunk by U-552 northeast of Rockall. The master, 32 crew members, two gunners and two passengers were lost. Four crew members and one passenger were picked up by HMS Malcolm (D 19) (Cdr C.D. Howard-Johnston, DSC, RN) and landed at Stornoway on 3 March. | ||
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