Claim: During the Second World War, SS British Premier was used on convoy duties to bring oil from the Persian Gulf around the Cape of Good Hope and to the United States of America; then her final convoy was to have taken her from Abadan to Swansea.
Evidence: During the Second World War, she was used on convoy duties to bring oil from the Persian Gulf around the Cape of Good Hope and to the United Kingdom She was part of Convoy SLS-60 in late December 1940, but was straggling behind the main group when she came under attack by a German U-boat and was sunk with heavy loss of life.