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