Name: | BLOOMFIELD |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 20/09/1899 |
Completed: | 21/10/1899 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 125 |
Dimensions: | 4531grt, 2733nrt, 360.6 x 50.2 x 29.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 430nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110344 |
History: | |
21/10/1899 | Hunting & Son, Newcastle |
1914 | Hunting Steamship Co Ltd, Newcastle |
1928 | SA Imprese Navali & Affini, Venice; renamed MARGHERA |
1933 | Cia Industrie Marittime Affini Roma, Venice |
1936 | Soc Italiana Petroliere d'Oriente, Venice |
1939 | Soc Italiana Petroliere d'Oriente, Rhodes |
12/02/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/02/1941: Scuttled at Kismayu, Somaliland |
Above photo as BLOOMFIELD courtesy of Clive Ketley