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Name: PATRICIAN
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 22/02/1901
Completed: 04/1901
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 261
Dimensions: 7474grt, 4859nrt, 470.0 x 56.2 x 31.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27.5, 47.5 & 75 x 60ins), 592nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 113459
History:
04/1901 Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool
1915 The Admiralty, London; renamed TEAKOL
1917 The Shipping Controller (Lane & Macandrew Ltd), London
1917 Renamed VINELEAF
1920 British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH VINE
1923 A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangerei (H Borge), Tønsberg; renamed BUSEN
29/07/1935 Broken up
Comments: 1914: Admiralty requisition, converted to a dummy battleship HMS INVINCIBLE
1915: Converted to a fleet oiler
29/07/1935: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up


Above image as PATRICIAN courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 23/02/1901