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Name: APURE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 18/04/1928
Completed: 05/1928
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 982
Dimensions: 3164grt, 1669nrt, 325.0 x 55.2 x 16.4ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (14.5, 24 & 39.5 x 27ins), 248nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149469
History:
30/04/1928 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co Inc; registered at Newcastle
1928 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co Inc, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo
1958 Maritima Sucre CA, Maracaibo
1958 Edward Bent SA, Maracaibo
1993 Broken up
Comments: 1993: Broken up at Maracaibo


Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 19/04/1928