| Name: | CADILLAC |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 18/09/1917 |
| Completed: | 12/1917 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 848 |
| Dimensions: | 11106grt, 6903nrt, 530.2 x 66.3 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 793nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 140703 |
| History: | |
| 30/11/1917 | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| 01/03/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 1930: Cargo tank section renewed at Palmers' Hebburn Dry Dock. No increase in length |
| 27/03/1930: New 350.0ft cargo section launched by Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd | |
| 23/04/1930: Old fore section undocked and new midship taken into dock | |
| 29/05/1930: Restored ship was undocked | |
| 30/05/1930: Restored ship undertook trials | |
| 01/03/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U552, 200 miles SW of the Faroe Islands | |
| On a voyage from Aruba to Avonmouth with a cargo of aviation spirit |
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