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Name: AMSTERDAM
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/06/1922
Completed: 10/1922
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 977
Dimensions: 7352grt, 4468nrt, 440.0 x 57.5 x 34.1ft
Engines: T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 51ins), 627nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
10/1922 American Petroleum Co, Rotterdam
1937 NV Petroleum Industrie Mij, The Hague
16/04/1942 Sank
Comments: 16/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U66, 70 miles W of Grenada
On a voyage from Smith's Bluff to Freetown with a cargo of petroleum products


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship