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{{Use dmy dates|date = December 2016}}{{Use British English|date = December 2016}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image = British Sergeant 1922.jpg | Ship caption = British Sergeant in 1922
}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country = UK | United Kingdom|civil}} | Ship name = SS British Sergeant | Ship owner = British Tanker Company | Ship route = | Ship ordered = | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne | Ship yard number = 931 | Ship original cost = | Ship laid down = | Ship launched = 27 February 1922 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = August 1922 | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship identification = United Kingdom Official Number: 146647 | Ship fate = Sunk on 9 April 1942 | Ship notes =
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header = | Header caption = | Ship type = Oil tanker | 5,868}} | 122.1|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 16.5|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = | 10|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | Ship hold depth = | Ship propulsion = 2 Steam turbines, single shaft, 1 screw | 10|kn}} | Ship capacity = | Ship crew = | Ship notes =
}} | SS British Sergeant was a British tanker built by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company in 1922 and operated by the British Tanker Company. She was sunk during World War II on 9 April 1942 during the Indian Ocean raid, off Batticaloa, Ceylon, by Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft.{{Sfn|British Sergeant}} Footnotes References
| url = http://www.wrecksite.eu/wreck.aspx?104263
| title = SS British Sergeant [+1942]
| publisher = The Wrecksite
| accessdate = 19 March 2015
|ref = {{harvid|British Sergeant}}
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