Name: | BAKU STANDARD |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 20/12/1892 |
Completed: | 02/1893 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 597 |
Dimensions: | 3708grt, 2375nrt, 330.6 x 43.0 x 23.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 48ins), 293nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101968 |
History: | |
02/1893 | Anapa Co Ltd (A Suart), London |
1897 | European Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1911 | Associated Oil Carriers Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co), Swansea |
11/02/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/02/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC58, 5 miles SxW of Tod Head |
On a voyage from the Clyde to the Firth of Forth with a cargo of crude oil |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox