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Name: NORMAN BRIDGE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 10/03/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 902
Dimensions: 4289grt, 2673nrt, 365.4 x 50.3 x 28.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 341nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 133528
History:
08/04/1913 Petroleum Carriers Ltd (J Boyd), Newcastle
1914 Petroleum Transport Co Inc, Los Angeles
1918 Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co, Los Angeles
1933 Pan American Foreign Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
1935 Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington
1940 Cia de Petroleo Lago, Caripito; renamed ESSO CARACAS
Q2/1949 Broken up
Comments: Q2/1949: Broken up at Baltimore by Boston Metals Co


Above photo as NORMAN BRIDGE is courtesy of Photoship