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MV San Demetrio : ウィキペディア英語版 | MV San Demetrio
MV ''San Demetrio'' was a British motor tanker, notable for her service during the Second World War. She was built in 1938 for the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company. In 1940 she was damaged by enemy action in mid-Atlantic, abandoned by her crew but later re-boarded and successfully brought into harbour. She was the subject of a 1943 feature film, ''San Demetrio London'', one of the few films that recognised the heroism of the UK Merchant Navy crews during the War. ''San Demetrio'' was one of several motor tankers of about built for Eagle Oil and Shipping in the latter 1930s. She was built by the Blythswood Shipbuilding Company of Glasgow, who had also launched her sister ships ''San Conrado'' in 1936 and ''San Cipriano'' in 1937.〔 ==Convoy HX-84== ''San Demetrio'' had loaded 11,200 tons of aviation fuel in Galveston, Texas and was bound for Avonmouth, England. She was one of 38 ships that joined Convoy HX-84 for the passage across the north Atlantic and left Halifax, Nova Scotia on 28 October 1940. The and escorted the convoy out of Canadian home waters but once clear of the coast the convoy's sole escort was the armed merchant cruiser 〔 — a converted passenger liner that had been armed with seven outdated BL 6 inch Mk VII naval guns and a pair of anti-aircraft guns.
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