Name: | ACOSTA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/12/1927 |
Completed: | 03/1928 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 980 |
Dimensions: | 2634grt, 1502nrt, 305.0 x 50.2 x 16.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 227nhp |
Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149457 |
History: | |
19/03/1928 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle |
1928 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo |
1937 | Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo |
1947 | Caribbean Petroleum Co Ltd, Maracaibo |
1950 | Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co Ltd, Maracaibo |
30/06/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | 19/03/1928: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK |
30/06/1954: Arrived at Ghent for breaking up by Van Heyghen Frères |