| Name: | ATHELKING |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 30/12/1925 |
| Completed: | 03/1926 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1285 |
| Dimensions: | 9557grt, 6019nrt, 474.9 x 64.4 x 36.5ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Neptune type, 6cyl (22.75 x 45ins), 1051nhp; |
| (1934: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, B&W type, 6cyl (630 x 1300mm), 709nhp) | |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; (1934: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147359 |
| History: | |
| 24/02/1926 | British Molasses Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1926 | United Molasses Co Ltd, Liverpool |
| 1940 | Athel Line Ltd, Liverpool |
| 09/09/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 09/09/1940: Sank on a voyage from Table Bay to Sourabaya, in ballast |
| Shelled by German Raider ATLANTIS & sank 760 miles E of Reunion Island |
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