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Name: SAN FRATERNO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/02/1913
Completed: 04/1913
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 921
Dimensions: 11929grt, 7584nrt, 527.3 x 66.6 x 42.7ft
Engines: Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 787nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 135208
History:
09/04/1913 Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London
29/07/1927 Sank
Comments: 17/04/1913: Trials date
11/02/1917: Mined in the Firth of Forth. Beached, repaired & returned to service
29/07/1927: Sank in the Straits of Magellan after striking a rock off Carlos Island
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to San Pedro, California, in ballast


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