Circe Shell
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Circe Shell | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.207 tons | ||
| Completed | 1931 - Howaldtswerke AG, Hamburg | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 21 Feb, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-161 (Albrecht Achilles) | ||
| Position | 11.03N, 62.03W - Grid ED 9739 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 58 (1 dead and 57 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | ON-60 (dispersed) | ||
| Route | Glasgow - Clyde - Trinidad | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | Since 1940 in Admiralty service as Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 21.13 hours on 21 Feb, 1942, the Circe Shell (Master John Thomas Sinclair), dispersed from convoy ON-60, was torpedoed and sunk by U-161 20 miles west-northwest of Port of Spain, Trinidad. One crew member was lost. The master, 51 crew members and five gunners were picked up by the British tug Busy and landed at Port of Spain, Trinidad on 23 February. | ||
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