British Tanker Company

British Tanker Company Limited
IndustryShip transport
Founded1915
SuccessorBP Tanker Company
Headquarters,
England
Key people
Charles Greenway
ProductsOil
OwnerAnglo-Persian Oil Company
Anglo Iranian Oil Company

British Tanker Company Limited was the maritime transport arm of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, the forerunner of BP. Formed in 1915 with an initial fleet of seven oil tankers, the British Tanker Company became the BP Tanker Company in 1955.