SS Anglo Saxon (1929)
SS Anglo Saxon was a cargo ship carrying coal from Wales to Argentina that was sunk by the German auxiliary cruiser Widder on 21 August 1940. Several of the crew managed to get in a jolly boat, an all purpose small boat that could also be used as a lifeboat. It carried the surviving members of the ship's crew west across the Atlantic Ocean for 70 days, before finally landing in Eleuthera. By the time the jolly boat made landfall, only two of the seven survivors of the attack were still alive.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Anglo Saxon |
| Owner | Nitrate Producers' Steamship Company (Lawther, Latta & Company), London |
| Operator | Requisitioned by the British Ministry of War Transport |
| Route | Newport, Wales to Bahia Blanca, Argentina (part of Convoy OB 195) |
| Builder | Short Brothers Ltd., Pallion, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 437 |
| Launched | 5 July 1929 |
| Identification | Official number: 161279 |
| Fate | Sunk 21 August 1940, west coast of Africa (800 miles west of the Canary Islands) |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 5,596 GRT |
| Length | 130 m (430 ft) |
| Beam | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Height | 16.7 m (55 ft) |
| Installed power | Quadruple expansion steam engine, 453 nhp |
| Propulsion | Single shaft, one screw |
| Crew | 41 |
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