Name: | AUGUST BELMONT |
Type: | Cargo Ship (later tanker) |
Launched: | 24/04/1902 |
Completed: | 05/1902 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 275 |
Dimensions: | 4640grt, 2967nrt, 372.6 x 50.0 x 27.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 359nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 115832 |
History: | |
05/1902 | Pensacola Trading Co Ltd (Watts, Watts & Co), London |
1919 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1920 | Renamed ANCULA |
1920 | Velefa Steamship Co Ltd (Runciman (London) Ltd), London |
1923 | Louis A Millis, London |
04/1924 | Broken up |
Comments: | 05/1916: Requisitioned by the Admiralty as a collier |
08/1916: Purchased by the Admiralty & converted into a tanker | |
The conversion involved the insertion of cylindrical tanks in her holds | |
04/1924: Broken up on the Tyne, arrived 30/01/1924 |
Above photo as AUGUST BELMONT courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AUGUST BELMONT courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AUGUST BELMONT courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AUGUST BELMONT courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 25/04/1902