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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