Completed in June 1939

At 16.15 hours on 18 Dec, 1940, the Pendrecht (Master A. Meinsma), dispersed the day before from convoy OB-259, was hit aft on the starboard side ahead of the engine room by one G7e torpedo from U-96 (Lehmann-Willenbrock) in 59°05N/17°47W after being chased by the U-boat for about one hour. The tanker had left Cardiff for New York in ballast on 7 December. The U-boat surfaced in some distance because they had no torpedoes left in the tubes, only one G7a torpedo stored in a deck canister and the tanker was armed. The crew initially abandoned ship but reboarded the vessel when two other tankers arrived and one of them fired two shots at U-96, keeping her at distance while the Germans moved the spare torpedo into the boat. The U-boat then tried to locate the damaged tanker again but lost her during the night. HMS Legion (G 74) (Cdr R.F. Jessel, RN) then met Pendrecht and escorted her to Rothesay, arrving on 21 December. There were no casualties. The tanker had a hole of 14 meters in her side and went to Glasgow for temporary repairs, later to Swansea because it was planned to transfer her to the USA for permanent repairs.

At 15.45 hours on 8 Jun, 1941, the Pendrecht (Master A. Meinsma), dispersed on 5 June from convoy OB-329, was hit on the port side amidships and the stern by two torpedoes from U-48 about 500 miles northwest of the Azores. The tanker was en route to the USA for permanent repairs of the torpedo damage recieved by U-96 (Lehmann-Willenbrock) on 18 Dec, 1940. The master tried to stabilize her by counterflooding, but the tanker caught fire and sank by the stern within minutes after being hit underneath the funnel by a coup de grâce at 16.17 hours. All crew members had abandoned ship in three lifeboats, twelve in each one. On 10 June, the survivors in the first lifeboat were picked up by the British steam merchant Alresford and taken to Sydney, Newfoundland. On 18 June, the men in the second were picked up by HMS Pandora (N 42) (LtCdr J.W. Linton, DSC, RN) in 43º20N, 28º02W. The survivors in the third were picked up by the American passenger ship Excalibur on 22 June and were taken to New York.