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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