Name: | ARCA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 30/08/1912 |
Completed: | 10/1912 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 823 |
Dimensions: | 4839grt, 3053nrt, 374.6 x 50.8 x 27.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 453nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135147 |
History: | |
02/10/1912 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
02/10/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/10/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U118, 40 miles NWxW of Tory Island |
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Portishead with a cargo of benzine |
Above photo is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich