| Name: | CAPRELLA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 17/04/1931 |
| Completed: | 07/1931 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 579 |
| Dimensions: | 8230grt, 4828nrt, 451.3 x 62.0 x 34.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (630 x 1100mm), 714nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 162602 |
| History: | |
| 23/06/1931 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 19/10/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 19/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U100, 450 miles west of Oban |
| On a voyage from Curacao to the Mersey with a cargo of fuel oil |
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Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 18/04/1931