| Name: | BOLIVAR |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 30/05/1927 |
| Completed: | 07/1927 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 971 |
| Dimensions: | 2651grt, 1517nrt, 305.3 x 50.2 x 16.3ft |
| Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (13.5, 23 & 37 x 27ins), 210nhp; (1959: Oil engines, 2 x 12cyl (8.5 x 10in)) |
| Engines by: | MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland; (1959: General Motors Corporation, Ohio) |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149436 |
| History: | |
| 05/07/1927 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle |
| 1927 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo |
| 1937 | Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo |
| 1955 | Ponghan Industrial Co Ltd, Pusan |
| 1956 | Daiyang Shipping Co Ltd, Pusan; renamed PUNG YANG |
| 18/03/1963 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 05/07/1927: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK |
| 1956: PUNG YANG also seen as one word PUNGYANG | |
| 01/1959: Re-engined with General Motors engines made in 1944 | |
| 18/03/1963: Arrived at Pusan for breaking up | |
| Broken up by Korea SB & Eng Corp at Pusan |
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 31/05/1927