MV Languedoc

History
Panama
NameActor
OwnerNeptune Shipping Limitada SA, Panama
Port of registryPanama
BuilderBurmeister & Wain's Maskin & Skibsbyggeri A/S, Copenhagen
Yard number627
Launched14 July 1937
CompletedSeptember 1937
FateSold to France 1938
History
France
NameLanguedoc
OperatorSociété Française de Transports Pétrolièrs (SFTP), Paris
Port of registryLe Havre
Out of serviceSeized by Britain in 1940
United Kingdom
NameLanguedoc
OwnerMinistry of War Transport, London
OperatorJohn I. Jacobs & Co Ltd, London
Port of registryTrinidad
FateSunk on 17 October 1940
General characteristics
Class and typeMotor tanker
Tonnage9,512 GRT
Crew39

MV Languedoc was a motor tanker that sailed under the French flag until World War II. She was taken over by the UK after the fall of France in 1940, sailed in a number of convoys, and was sunk by a German U-boat later that year.