Eocene
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| Name | Eocene | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 4.216 tons | ||
| Completed | 1922 - Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp, Baltimore MD | ||
| Owner | Socony Vacuum Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 20 May, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-431 (Wilhelm Dommes) | ||
| Position | 31.56N, 25.14E - Grid CO 9125 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 43 (0 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | AT-46 | ||
| Route | Alexandria (18 May) - Tobruk | ||
| Cargo | 1980 tons of benzine and 3700 tons of water | ||
| History | Built as Fort McHenry, 1923 renamed Vacoil, 1929 renamed Schulau, 1935 renamed British Eocene for Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong; 1941 transferred to Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 20.19 hours on 20 May 1942, the Eocene (Master H.W. Wilcox) in convoy AT-46 was torpedoed and sunk by U-431 near Sollum. The master, 34 crew members, six gunners and two army engineers were picked up by the British armed trawler HMS Cocker and landed at Tobruk. | ||
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