Name: | BRITISH CHIVALRY |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 24/01/1929 |
Completed: | 02/1929 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 979 |
Dimensions: | 11220dwt, 7118grt, 4238nrt, 440.8 x 57.1 x 33.9ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (24, 35, 50.5 & 73 x 51ins), 553nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 161198 |
History: | |
20/02/1929 | British Tanker Co Ltd |
22/02/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 22/02/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by Japanese submarine I37, 360 miles W of Maldives |
On a voyage from Melbourne to Abadan with a cargo of grain | |
20 crew died |
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan