Oriskany
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| Name | Oriskany | ||
| Type: | Steam merchant | ||
| Tonnage | 1.644 tons | ||
| Completed | 1924 - Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Sunderland | ||
| Owner | Wallem & Co Ltd, Hong Kong | ||
| Homeport | Hong Kong | ||
| Date of attack | 24 Feb, 1945 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Sunk by U-1208 (Georg Hagene) | ||
| Position | 50.05N, 05.51W - Grid BF 21 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 34 (34 dead - no survivors) | ||
| Convoy | BTC-78 | ||
| Route | Newport, Mon. - London | ||
| Cargo | Coal | ||
| History | In April 1941 the Hondurian Oriskany from the Standard Fruit & Steamship Co, New Orleans LA was sold to Wallem & Co Ltd, Hong Kong and changed the registry to Panama, later that year taken over by Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and put under British flag. | ||
| Notes on loss | On 24 Feb, 1945, the Oriskany (Master David Souter Morrison) in convoy BTC-78 was torpedoed and sunk by U-1208 west of Lands End. The master, the convoy commodore (Cdr I.N. Macmillan RNR), 21 crew members, seven naval staff members and four gunners were lost. | ||
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