Name: | CARONI |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/05/1928 |
Completed: | 05/1928 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 983 |
Dimensions: | 3164grt, 1671nrt, 325.0 x 55.2 x 16.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x T3cyl (14.5, 24 & 39.5 x 27ins), 248nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149471 |
History: | |
12/05/1928 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle |
1928 | Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo |
1937 | Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo |
1960 | Juan Rojas Montes, Maracaibo |
1963 | Broken up |
Comments: | 12/05/1928: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK |
1963: Broken up at Panama City, Florida by Hugo Neu | |
Diverted due to leaking while en route to Italian breakers |