Name: | ARAGAZ |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 08/04/1914 |
Completed: | 05/1914 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 866 |
Dimensions: | 5009grt, 2719nrt, 385.3 x 50.3 x 30.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136682 |
History: | |
27/05/1914 | Aragaz Tank Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1924 | SA les Petroles d'Outremer, Le Havre |
1945 | Soc Geral de Comercio, Industria e Transportes Ltda, Lisbon; renamed MONCHIQUE |
1950 | British Iron & Steel Corp, London; renamed BISCO I |
17/07/1950 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1950: Renamed BISCO 1 for delivery voyage only |
Allocated by BISCO to TW Ward for breaking up | |
17/07/1950: Arrived at Rosyth for breaking up | |
25/07/1951: Breaking up commenced by TW Ward |
Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 27/05/1914