The Epic of San Demetrio - The Burning Tanker That Wouldn't Sink

Kroniki Morskie

After the German "Admiral Scheer" attacked Convoy HX-84, the tanker San Demetrio seemed lost. The ship was shelled, caught on fire, and drifted with a cargo of over 11,000 tons of aviation gasoline—one of the most dangerous cargoes that could be transported across the Atlantic during the war. The c