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Name: BARNESON
Type: Tanker
Launched: 27/11/1913
Completed: 02/1914
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 462
Dimensions: 6051grt, 3791nrt, 420.3 x 54.6 x 32.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 536nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136269
History:
29/01/1914 Bank Line Ltd, Glasgow
1915 Renamed OYLERIC
1937 Ditta GM Barbagelata, Genoa; renamed GENOANO
1941 Petroleos Mexicanos SA, Tampico; renamed FAJA DE ORO
21/05/1942 Sank
Comments: 21/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U106, 130 miles NWxW of Havana
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Tampico in ballast. 10 crew killed


Above photo as OYLERIC is copyright of John Clarkson

Above photo as OYLERIC is courtesy of Brent Chambers