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Name: COMANCHEE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 17/05/1912
Completed: 06/1912
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 842
Dimensions: 5588grt, 3562nrt, 395.5 x 51.7 x 29.0ft
Engines: Q4cyl (28, 32.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 505nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133506
History:
22/06/1912 Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Newcastle
1933 Cie Venture-Weir SA, Algiers; renamed FRANCUNION V
1949 Broken up
Comments: 1933: Became a depot storage ship
1949: Broken up at La Spezia in Q4


Above photo as COMANCHEE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as COMANCHEE is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as FRANCUNION V is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net