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Name: MEXICAN PRINCE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 14/07/1893
Completed: 09/1893
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 183
Dimensions: 3028grt, 1953nrt, 328.3 x 41.0 x 19.5ft
Engines: T3cyl (23, 38 & 62.5 x 42ins), 271nhp
Engines by: Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 101835
History:
09/1893 James Knott, Newcastle
1901 Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle
1917 Managers Furness, Withy & Co Ltd
1919 Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd (NC Watt), Cape Town
1919 Renamed SOUTHERN ISLES
1929 Cia de Combustiveis de Lobito, Lobito; renamed SILVA PORTO
01/1938 Broken up
Comments: 11/10/1929: Arrived under tow at Lobito for service as a storage tanker
01/1938: Delivered under tow to Pembroke Dock for breaking up by TW Ward