| Name: | CAPULET |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 08/12/1930 |
| Completed: | 11/1932 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1439 |
| Dimensions: | 8190grt, 5005nrt, 460.4 x 59.5 x 34.1ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, B&W-H&W type, 8cyl (740 x 1500mm), 652nhp |
| Engines by: | JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 162337 |
| History: | |
| 06/02/1931 | Bear Creek Oil & Shipping Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
| 02/05/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 13/02/1931: Press report - CAPULET ran successful sea trials |
| 06/06/1931: Press report - Swan Hunter are repairing the CAPULET in dock | |
| 08/06/1931: Press report - CAPULET alongside at Neptune Yard | |
| 01/02/1932: Press report - CAPULET alongside at Hawthorn Leslie yard | |
| 19/02/1932: Press report - CAPULET alongside at Neptune Yard | |
| 25/11/1932: Press report - Swan Hunter undock the new ship CAPULET | |
| 30/11/1932: Press report - CAPULET engages crew for her maiden voyage | |
| 28/04/1941: Torpedoed by U-Boat U552, 260 miles SW of Reykjavik & abandoned on fire | |
| On a voyage from Curacao via Halifax to Scapa Flow with a cargo of fuel oil | |
| 02/05/1941: Hulk shelled, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U201 |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Shields Daily News, Saturday, 14/02/1931
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 30/11/1932