Name: | BEME |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 18/04/1904 |
Completed: | 05/1904 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 749 |
Dimensions: | 3039grt, 1899nrt, 309.5 x 41.5 x 20.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (22, 37 & 61 x 42ins), 265nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95940 |
History: | |
1904 | Burmah Oil Co Ltd, Rangoon |
1931 | Anglo-Persian Shipping & Trading Co Ltd (S Catsell), Rangoon |
1937 | P Diacon Zadeh, Istanbul (Panama flag) |
11/07/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/07/1940: Sank after being shelled and torpedoed by Italian |
submarine CAPITANO RAFAELE TARANTINI at 33.12N - 33.38E | |
On a voyage from Haifa to Istanbul in ballast |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship