For details of Requisitioned Auxiliary British Knight please see

Requisitioned Auxiliary Danubian

 

 

 

ss Ranvik

 

1938 purchased by Leonardo Arrivabene Soc Anon, Venice and renamed C. ARRIVABENE

4 January 1940 was wrecked 2 miles south of Fedola, Morroco while on passage from Augusta to Piedras in ballast. Broken up

Notes:

The 7 ships purchased and renamed by British Tanker Co Ltd from Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd were as follows and all were requisitioned for Admiralty service as Oilers :

CARPATHIAN                 BRITISH PEER

DANUBIAN                    BRITISH KNIGHT

PINNA                          BRITISH EARL                 

ROCK LIGHT                  BRITISH VISCOUNT

ROUMANIAN                  BRITISH BARON

SERVIAN                      BRITISH MARQUIS

TEREK                         BRITISH DUKE

She was the 1^st of 2 ships to bear this name in the BTC Fleet