| Name: | BRITISH AVIATOR |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 20/05/1924 |
| Completed: | 08/1924 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 935 |
| Dimensions: | 10762dwt, 6998grt, 4136nrt, 439.8 x 57.1 x 33.8ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Fullagar type, 6cyl (23 x 72ins), 4925bhp; |
| (1930: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.25), 3435bhp) | |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; |
| (1930: William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland) | |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 147700 |
| History: | |
| 23/07/1924 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 07/09/1953 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 02/1930: Re-engined |
| 08/1953: Sold to the British Iron & Steel Corporation & allocated to J Cashmore & Co | |
| 07/09/1953: Arrived at J Cashmore & Co, Newport, Monmouthshire for breaking up |
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Shields Daily News, Saturday, 09/08/1924