Turbo
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The
tanker Turbo was built at Laing Shipbuilding in Sunderland
and launched in 1912 for the company Anglo Saxon Petroleum
Co.Ltd. She survived the German uboats in forst world war
even if she was attacked by gunfire in 1916 by a uboat.
She was chartered by British Royal Navy after the outbreak
of world war two and put in service in the Mediterranean
and the Red Sea. 20.August 1941 she was heavily damaged
under an air attack and was thereafter used as a
stationary tanker in the Red Sea. In the beginning of
April 1942 she was taken under tow and outside Ras Banas
she broke in two during a storm 4. April. The bow section
was sunk the same day by Royal Navy, and the day after
also the stern sank. The wreck of the stern rest today on
her port side on a depth of 20 to 30 meter close to shore.
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| N 25 16N E 35 25 ( Source: Red Sea Wrecks )  Picture: Turbo, unknown date Courtesy of Helderline  Last updated: April 2019 |
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