Name: | CLIO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/03/1912 |
Completed: | 04/1912 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 841 |
Dimensions: | 5576grt, 3368nrt, 395.5 x 51.7 x 24.9ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (23, 32.5, 47 & 68 x 48ins), 510nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1913: 135271) |
History: | |
04/1912 | Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Hamburg |
03/10/1913 | Tank Storage & Carriage Co Ltd, London; renamed WAPELLO |
1916 | Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong |
15/06/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | Ordered by HE Moss & Co, Liverpool |
15/06/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC71, 14 miles WSW of Owers LV | |
On a voyage from Philadelphia to Thameshaven with a cargo of benzine |
Above photo as CLIO is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as CLIO is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums