Honouring the Men who gave their lives whilst serving in the Merchant Navy
and whose names are on the Australian War Memorial Commemorative Roll

S.S. BRITISH GRENADIER  -  WW2

The unescorted steam turbine tanker was travelling from Abadan to London when, at 22.52 hours on 22 May 1941, it was torpedoed and damaged by U-103 southwest of Freetown. The tanker later foundered. The master, 22 crew members and two gunners were picked up by the Portuguese steam merchant Ganda and 24 crew members were rescued by the Spanish tanker Jose Calvo Sotelo and landed at Freetown.