MV Kerlogue

MV Kerlogue, passing Dalkey Island, from an oil painting by Kenneth King
History
Ireland
Name	Kerlogue
Owner	Wexford Steamship Company
Port of registry	Wexford
Builder	Rotterdam
Launched	1938
Completed	February 1938
Fate	Wrecked off Tromsø in 1960
General characteristics
Tonnage	335 GRT
Length	142 ft (43 m)
Deck clearance	1 ft (0.30 m)
Crew	11

The MV Kerlogue^[1] was an Irish ship attacked in World War II that has become the exemplar of neutral Irish ships during the war. The Kerlogue was a very small ship that was attacked by both sides and rescued people from both sides. She was almost sunk by a German mine and was strafed by the No. 307 Polish Night Fighter Squadron of the Royal Air Force. She rescued the Wild Rose of Liverpool and the survivors of the German destroyer Z27 and its escort, the survivors of which, in the latter case, were brought back to Ireland and interned until the end of hostilities.