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Toorak - (1934-1941)
Unfortunaly no picture available, anyone ?????
See also : Voco (I) - (1933-1934)
Additional information Starke & Schell registers :
VOCO - 1927 BR 1T (aft) (11)
8,627 GRT for Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London 460.0 x 62.8
Tanker built by Lithgows, Ltd., Port Glasgow (12) #803 149960
1933 - Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
1934 - TOORAK, s/o
1941 - Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd., London
01-16-1942 Torpedoed but repaired.
1949 - OMIROS Soc. Maritima Miraflores, Ltda., Puerto Cortes [A. S. Onassis] HO
Broken up at Hamburg 1961 by Eckhardt & Co., dlvd. 2/61 - scrapped 3rd quarter 1961.
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: Toorak
Type: Steam tanker Tonnage: 8.627 tons
Completed: 1927
Owner: Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong
Homeport: Hong Kong
Date of attack: 16 Jan, 1942
Nationality: British
Fate: Damaged by U-86 (Walter Schug)
Position: 47.54N, 52.11W - Grid BB 63
- See location on a map -
Complement: ? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy: ON-52 (d)
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: -
Notes on loss: -