SS ''Telena''

The SS Telena was a British merchant ship that was torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean 170 nautical miles (310 km) west north west of the Fastnet Rock (51°16′N 14°00′W / 51.267°N 14.000°W / 51.267; -14.000) by German submarine SM U-61 on 21 April 1917. Her crew survived.[1] She was en-route from Philadelphia to Queenstown, with a cargo of benzine.[2]

She was built in 1895 by W. Gray & Company of West Hartlepool, and operated by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum.[1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Telena". Uboat.net. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Tennent, A. J. (2006). British Merchant Ships Sunk by U-boats in World War One. Penzance: Periscope Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 978-1-904381-36-5.


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