Name: | BRITISH UNION |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 26/09/1927 |
Completed: | 11/1927 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1226 |
Dimensions: | 10912dwt, 6987grt, 4163nrt, 440.1 x 57.0 x 33.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (680 x 1200mm), 3745bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149943 |
History: | |
09/11/1927 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
18/01/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 18/01/1941: Captured & scuttled by German raider KORMORAN, |
800 miles west of the Canary Islands | |
On a voyage from Gibraltar to Curacao in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox