Name: | CARPATHIAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 18/05/1908 |
Completed: | 07/1908 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 802 |
Dimensions: | 4900grt, 3087nrt, 385.0 x 51.0 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125715 |
History: | |
1908 | Petroleum Steamahip Co Ltd (Lane & Macandrew), London |
1918 | Managers became British Tanker Co Ltd; renamed BRITISH PEER |
1921 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Soc Italiana di Navigazione e Trasporti, Genoa; renamed TAMPICO |
1933 | Soc Anon Marittima 'Fratelli Narizzano', Genoa |
1935 | 'Navigazione e Commercio' SA Italiana, Genoa |
08/09/1943 | Government of Germany |
1945 | Sank |
Comments: | 03/11/1941: Damaged by torpedo from HM Submarine PROTEUS in the Doro Channel |
Towed to Venice for repairs | |
1945: Sunk at Venice (probably scuttled) | |
Subsequently raised and broken up post-war |
Above photo as CARPATHIAN is courtesy of Photoship