Name: | CREOLE JEFE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/09/1928 |
Completed: | 09/1928 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 986 |
Dimensions: | 3126grt, 1646nrt, 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: | 149479 |
History: | |
24/09/1928 | Creole Petroleum Corp, Newcastle |
1928 | Creole Petroleum Corp, Maracaibo |
1933 | NV Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Mij, The Hague; renamed DJIRAK |
1935 | NV Nederlandsche Koloniale Tankvaart Mij, The Hague |
07/01/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 24/09/1928: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK |
07/01/1942: Shelled & sunk by Japanese submarine I-57 in the Bali Sea off Kangean | |
On a voyage from Balikpapan to Sourabaja in service as a Dutch naval auxiliary |
Yorkshire Post, Thursday, 13/09/1928