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The SS ''El Grillo'' was a British oil tanker sunk without casualties by a German air attack at Seyðisfjörður, Iceland on 10 February 1944.〔(Search and Clearance of Explosive Ordnance from SS ''El Grillo'' ) Icelandic Coast Guard website, published: 26 March 2002, accessed: 17 June 2011〕〔(C.T. Bowring & Company / Red Cross Line ) The ship list, accessed: 17 June 2011〕 Iceland, which remained neutral during World War II, had been occupied by Britain in May 1940 and, in April 1941, by the United States.〔Gunnar Karlsson, ''A Brief History of Iceland'', published: 2000, page: 59-59, accessed: 17 June 2011〕 "El Grillo" is Spanish for "The Cricket".〔(Google language translation: El Grillo ) accessed: 17 June 2011〕 ==History== The steam ship SS ''El Grillo'' was built in 1922 at Armstrong W. G. & Whitworth Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne and operated by The Bowring Steamship Co., based at Liverpool.〔〔 On 10 February 1944, the ship was at anchor at Seyðisfjörður, carrying a cargo of bunker oil. The ship was not unarmed, being a Defensively Equipped Merchant Vessel, and carrying air defence guns as well as depth charges.〔 While at anchor, the ship was attacked by three German Focke-Wulf Fw 200 ''Condor''s from the I./KG 40, stationed in Norway, and heavily damaged.〔(10.2.1944 – Nordmeer ) ''Württembergische Landesbibliothek'' website, accessed: 17 June 2011〕 The captain of ''El Grillo'' decided to scuttle the ship to prevent it and other ships at Seyðisfjörður from becoming more of a target.〔(''EL GRILLO'' (Wreck) ) www.divethenorth.is, accessed: 17 June 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「SS El Grillo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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