Name: | BRITISH GENERAL |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 15/11/1921 |
Completed: | 06/1922 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 926 |
Dimensions: | 10822dwt, 6985grt, 4073nrt, 440.2 x 57.1 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 3270ihp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146610 |
History: | |
02/08/1922 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
07/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 06/10/1940: Damaged by torpedo from German U-Boat U37 |
07/10/1940: Sank 660 miles west of Cork (51.42N 24.50W) | |
On a voyage from the Tyne to Abadan in ballast |
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