Victolite
Glenbow Museum Archives Photograph #IP-2d-73b
| Name | Victolite | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 11,410 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - A. Stephen & Sons Ltd, Linthouse, Glasgow | ||
| Owner | Imperial Oil Shipping Co Ltd, Toronto | ||
| Homeport | Montreal | ||
| Date of attack | 11 Feb 1942 | Nationality:  Canadian | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren) | ||
| Position | 36.12N, 67.14W - Grid CB 7455 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 47 (47 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Halifax - Las Piedras, Venezuela | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Completed in March 1928 | ||
| Notes on loss | At 03.28 hours on 11 Feb, 1942, the unescorted Victolite (Master Peter McLean Smith) was torpedoed by U-564 and sunk by gunfire north-northwest of Bermuda. The master, 44 crew members and two gunners were lost. | ||
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