SS El Grillo was a British steam oil tanker built in 1922 by Armstrong Whitworth at Newcastle upon Tyne and operated by the Bowring Steamship Company of Liverpool. She is remembered for her end rather than her trade. On 10 February 1944 she lay at anchor in an Icelandic fjord carrying bunker oil, armed as a defensively equipped merchant vessel, when three German Focke-Wulf Condor aircraft attacked her. Her captain scuttled her to keep the fjord from becoming a bigger target. The wreck lies upright in 22 to 45 metres of water, is one of the most visited dive sites in Iceland, and was drained of about 2,000 tonnes of oil in 2002.
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built in 1922 at Armstrong W. G. & Whitworth Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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built in 1922 at Armstrong W. G. & Whitworth Co. Ltd., Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
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