Name: | CREOLE BUENO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 30/10/1928 |
Completed: | 11/1928 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 988 |
Dimensions: | 3126grt, 1637nrt, 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, 8.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 149484 |
History: | |
08/11/1928 | Creole Petroleum Corp, Newcastle |
1928 | Creole Petroleum Corp, Maracaibo |
1933 | Cia Transportadora de Petroleos SA, Buenos Aires |
1933 | Renamed CRIOLLO BUENO |
1938 | Renamed ESSO SALTA |
25/09/1948 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/11/1928: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK |
25/09/1948: Exploded & sank after a lightning strike off Campana | |
On a voyage from Buenos Aires to Campana | |
Wreck subsequently refloated and broken up after 07/1952 |
Above photo as CRIOLLO BUENO is copyright of Auke Visser
Yorkshire Post, Wednesday, 31/10/1928