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 | Completed in March 1931 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.18 hours on 14 Mar, 1942, the unescorted British Resource (Master James Kennedy) was hit fore and aft by two torpedoes from U-124 north of Bermuda. The ship stopped and the gunners began firing at the periscope, so at 21.33 hours a coup de grâce was fired which hit near the engine room and set the tanker completely on fire. She 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 HMS Clarkia (K 88) (LtCdr F.J.G. Jones, RNR) and landed at Hamilton, Bermuda. | ||
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