Alexia
The Alexia after conversion to the MAC ship HMS Alexia. Photo Courtesy of Library of Contemporary History, Stuttgart
| Name | Alexia | ||
| Type: | Motor tanker | ||
| Tonnage | 8.016 tons | ||
| Completed | 1935 - Bremer Vulkan, Vegesack | ||
| Owner | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London | ||
| Homeport | London | ||
| Date of attack | 10 Aug, 1942 | Nationality:  British | |
| Fate | Damaged by U-510 (Karl Neitzel) | ||
| Position | 16.50N, 60.40W - Grid ED 3927 - See location on a map - | ||
| Complement | 64 (0 dead and 64 survivors). | ||
| Convoy | |||
| Route | Gibraltar - Curaçao | ||
| Cargo | Ballast | ||
| History | At 04.27 hours on 2 Aug, 1940, the Alexia in convoy OB-191 was torpedoed by U-99 (Kretschmer) in position 55°30N/15°30W (Grid AL 6616) and fell out of the convoy, where she was shelled by the same U-boat but did not sink. | ||
| Notes on loss | At 02.15 hours on 10 Aug, 1942, U-510 fired torpedoes at the Alexia and observed three hits in sequence and thought after 10 minutes that the tanker had sunk, but the ship was again salved. The badly damaged Alexia was acquired by the Royal Navy and converted to the auxiliary escort carrier HMS Alexia, commissioned in December 1943. | ||
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