Name: | CASPIA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/07/1928 |
Completed: | 08/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1036 |
Dimensions: | 6018grt, 3720nrt, 412.0 x 53.4 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 533hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160551 |
History: | |
11/08/1928 | Overseas Oil & Transport Co Ltd, London |
16/04/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 16/04/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U81, 10 miles south of Beirut |
On a voyage from Haifa to Tripoli, Lebanon with a cargo of benzine |
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