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Name: REGENT TIGER
Type: Tanker
Launched: 17/03/1938
Completed: 08/1938
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1545
Dimensions: 10176grt, 6184nrt, 505.0 x 68.3 x 35.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (28.5 x 88.5ins), 1042nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 166521
History:
08/1938 Bowring SS Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London
10/09/1939 Sank
Comments: 08/09/1939: Torpedoed by U-Boat U29 & caught fire
09/09/1939: Sank 200 miles SW of Ireland at 49.48N - 14.33W
On a voyage from Trinidad to Avonmouth with gasoline & diesel oil


Above photo courtesy of Richard Sloan