Oltenia II
Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Oltenia II | ||
| Type: | Steam tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 6.394 tons | ||
| Completed | 1928 - Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne | ||
| Owner | British Tanker Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 8 Jan, 1943 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-436 (Günther Seibicke) | ||
| Position | 27.59N, 28.50W - Grid DG 8565 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 60 (17 dead and 43 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | TM-1 | ||
| Route | Trinidad - Gibraltar | ||
| Cargo | 9086 tons of Admiralty furnace oil, 732 barrels of lubricating oil and military stores | ||
| History | Built as Romanian Oltenia for Steaua Romana SA Pentru Industria Petroleului, Bucharest. 1941 seized by Britain and renamed Oltenia II by the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). | ||
| Notes on loss | At 22.37 hours on 8 Jan, 1943, U-436 fired three single torpedoes at the convoy TM-1 southwest of the Canary Islands and hit the Oltenia II twice, which exploded and sank. The third torpedo hit the Albert L. Ellsworth, which fell behind and was shelled and sunk the next day by the same U-boat. The master, 13 crew members and three gunners from the Oltenia II (Master Arthur Laddle) were lost. 42 crew members and one gunner were picked up by HMS Havelock (H 88) (Cdr R.C. Boyle, DSC) and landed at Gibraltar. | ||
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