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Name: MINOCO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/01/1898
Completed: 05/1898
Builder: Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 117
Dimensions: 795grt, 412nrt, 200.0 x 32.0 x 14.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (17, 26 & 45 x 30ins), 129nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel & Iron
Reg Number: 108346
History:
05/1898 Mineral Oils Corp Ltd, London (Hunting & Son, managers, Newcastle)
1901 Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London; renamed IMPERIAL
1913 Imperial Oil Co Ltd (HJ Rahlves, manager), Sarnia
1938 Imperial Oil Shipping Co Ltd, Sarnia; renamed IMPOCO
1939 Broken up
Comments: 1939: Broken up at Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Breaking up carried out by Capitol Iron & Steel Co


Above photo as IMPERIAL is courtesy of Edward J Dowling

Above photo as IMPERIAL is courtesy of Edward J Dowling

Above photo as IMPERIAL is courtesy of Edward J Dowling

Lloyd's List, Tuesday, 25/01/1898