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Name: BRITISH CAPTAIN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 17/11/1922
Completed: 02/1923
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 933
Dimensions: 6968grt, 4073nrt, 440.0 x 57.1 x 37.8ft
Engines: 2 x Steam Turbines, 654nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 146691
History:
22/01/1923 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
02/12/1941 Sank
Comments: 02/12/1941: Mined & sunk 30 miles NE of Felixstowe at 52.13N - 1.55E
On a voyage from Corpus Christi via Methil to Shell Haven with motor spirit & fuel oil


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