| Name: | DORYSSA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 27/05/1938 |
| Completed: | 08/1938 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 612 |
| Dimensions: | 8230grt, 4790nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 166543 |
| History: | |
| 15/08/1938 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 25/04/1943 | Sank |
| Comments: | 25/04/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by LEONARDO DA VINCI, 375 miles SE of Cape Town |
| On a voyage from Table Bay to Abadan in ballast. 53 crew died |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Sunderland Daily Echo, Friday, 27/05/1938