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Name: CARONI
Type: Tanker
Launched: 03/05/1928
Completed: 05/1928
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 983
Dimensions: 3164grt, 1671nrt, 325.0 x 55.2 x 16.4ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (14.5, 24 & 39.5 x 27ins), 248nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149471
History:
12/05/1928 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1928 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo
1960 Juan Rojas Montes, Maracaibo
1963 Broken up
Comments: 12/05/1928: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
1963: Broken up at Panama City, Florida by Hugo Neu
Diverted due to leaking while en route to Italian breakers