Name: | SAN ZEFERINO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/02/1914 |
Completed: | 03/1914 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 831 |
Dimensions: | 6430grt, 4054nrt, 420.1 x 54.6 x 32.4ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (24, 35, 50.5 & 73 x 51ins), 554nhp; (1915: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 510nhp) |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1915: Same engine builder) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136653 |
History: | |
18/03/1914 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London |
1937 | Oilfuel Depots (Gibraltar) Ltd, London |
1939 | Shell Company of Gibraltar Ltd, London |
1945 | Renamed KATELYSIA |
02/02/1951 | Broken up |
Comments: | 18/09/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC6 off Deal |
Subsequently raised and returned to service with a new engine | |
1937: Used as a depot ship at Gibraltar | |
02/02/1951: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Ltd |
Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Kees Helder
Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Kees Helder
Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Newcastle Journal, Friday, 13/02/1914