| Name: | BELLO |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 17/03/1930 |
| Completed: | 06/1930 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1427 |
| Dimensions: | 6125grt, 3686nrt, 420.8 x 58.5 x 31.2ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (31 x 43ins), 1010nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1930 | Skibs A/S Oiltank (Berg Torgersen A/S), Tønsberg |
| 1935 | Managers became Hans H Torgersen & Co A/S |
| 16/12/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 16/12/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U610, 300 miles west of Ireland |
| On a voyage from the Clyde to New York in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Norsk Maritimt Museum, Per-Erik Johnsen collection
Above photo is courtesy of the Hansen Collection. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Liverpool Journal of Commerce, Thursday, 20/03/1930