Name: | BRITISH GRENADIER |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 14/02/1922 |
Completed: | 07/1922 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1126 |
Dimensions: | 10750dwt, 6888grt, 4078nrt, 440.0 x 57.0 x 33.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 3025shp |
Engines by: | Metropolitan-Vickers Electric Co Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146591 |
History: | |
28/06/1922 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
22/05/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/04/1930: Damaged in a collision with German liner BREMEN, 5 miles off Dungeness |
Damage subsequently repaired by Smith's Dock at North Shields | |
22/05/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U103, 150 miles west of Monrovia | |
On a voyage from Freetown to Aruba & Curacao in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of AJ Hawker
Above photo showing collision damage is courtesy of John Bage