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Name: DOLABELLA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 15/08/1939
Completed: 11/1939
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 622
Dimensions: 8142grt, 4800nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 167358
History:
26/10/1939 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
06/1958 Broken up
Comments: 06/1958: Broken up at Hong Kong by Dah Cheong Co


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Sunderland Daily Echo, Tuesday, 15/08/1939