SS British Sergeant
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image = British Sergeant 1922.jpg |Ship caption = British Sergeant in 1922 }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country = United Kingdom |Ship flag = {{Shipboxflag|United Kingdom|civil}} |Ship name = SS British Sergeant |Ship owner = British Tanker Company |Ship route = |Ship ordered = |Ship awarded = |Ship builder = Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne |Ship yard number = 931 |Ship original cost = |Ship laid down = |Ship launched = 27 February 1922 |Ship sponsor = |Ship christened = |Ship completed = August 1922 |Ship maiden voyage = |Ship identification = United Kingdom Official Number: 146647 |Ship fate = Sunk on 9 April 1942 |Ship notes = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship type = Oil tanker |Ship tonnage = {{GRT|5,868}} |Ship length = {{convert|122.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam = {{convert|16.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft = |Ship depth = {{convert|10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship hold depth = |Ship propulsion = 2 Steam turbines, single shaft, 1 screw |Ship speed = {{convert|10|kn}} |Ship capacity = |Ship crew = |Ship notes = }} |
SS British Sergeant was a British tanker built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1922 and operated by the British Tanker Company. She was sunk during World War II on 9 April 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid, off Batticaloa, Ceylon, by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.{{Sfn|British Sergeant}}
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| url = http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?104263
| title = SS British Sergeant [+1942]
| publisher = The Wrecksite
| accessdate = 19 March 2015
|ref = {{harvid|British Sergeant}}
}}
{{April 1942 shipwrecks}}
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Category:World War II merchant ships of the United Kingdom
Category:World War II shipwrecks in the Indian Ocean
Category:Maritime incidents in April 1942