Name: | BRITISH PROGRESS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 09/09/1927 |
Completed: | 11/1927 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 1026 |
Dimensions: | 4581grt, 2641nrt, 381.2 x 50.4 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 422hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149926 |
History: | |
20/10/1927 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
03/05/1944 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/11/1943: Torpedoed & damaged by a German E-boat, 30 miles E of Cromer |
On a voyage from Thames Haven to Grangemouth | |
Towed to the Tyne but she was a Constructive Total Loss | |
Sold to Metal Industries Ltd for £7,000 | |
25/04/1944: Left the Tyne under tow for Rosyth for breaking up | |
02/04/1944: Arrived at Rosyth | |
03/05/1944: Breaking up commenced |
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