MV Egerland

Egerland starting her final voyage
History
Name	North America Egerland
Owner	July 1940 - March 1941 Panamanian Government March 1941 - 5 June 1941 Texas Oil Company
Port of registry	Panama
Builder	Deutsche Werft, Finkenwerder
Yard number	233
Launched	24 April 1940
Fate	Scuttled, 5 June 1941
General characteristics
Type	Tanker
Tonnage	10,040[clarification needed]
Length	159.1 m (522 ft 0 in)
Beam	20.4 m (66 ft 11 in)
Height	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Installed power	2 × MAN diesel engines
Propulsion	screw
Speed	13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)
Crew	93

MV Egerland was an oil tanker used by the German Navy in World War II. As North America it was ordered from Deutsche Werft Finkenwerder for the Panama Transport Company as in July 1940, for transatlantic shipments to Germany. In March 1941, it was decided to transfer ownership to the Texas Oil Company.^[1] In 1941, the tanker was requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine, renamed to Egerland and converted to a support ship of the Trossschiffverband der Kriegsmarine (Zweigstelle West) ("Naval Supply Ship Unit, Western Section") for naval operations in the Atlantic. On the first mission in June 1941, to support commerce raiding by the German battleship Bismarck^[a] and the cruiser Prinz Eugen, the ship encountered the British heavy cruiser HMS London on 6 June and was scuttled to avoid capture.

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