Name: | ASTRAKHAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 09/07/1892 |
Completed: | 08/1892 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 667 |
Dimensions: | 3438grt, 2236nrt, 330.0 x 42.9 x 28.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 42ins), 265nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 99436 |
History: | |
08/1892 | Astrakhan Steam Ship Co Ltd (W Tapscott & Co), Liverpool |
1897 | Managers became Hamilton, Fraser & Co |
1898 | River Shipping Co Ltd (Hamiilton, Fraser & Co) |
1908 | Astrakhan Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool |
1929 | Tankschiff Reederei Julius Schindler GmbH, Hamburg |
1929 | Renamed GUSTAV SCHINDLER |
1935 | Cia Industrie Marittime Affini Roma, Venice; renamed TORCELLO |
1937 | Soc Italiana Petroliere d'Oriente (G Castaldi), Rhodes |
1939 | Managers Agenzia Maritima Italiana Cap G Folcini, Rhodes & Rome |
05/11/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/11/1941: Sank after being torpedoed by Russian submarine SC214 |
18 miles off Liman Burnu in the Black Sea |