Name: | DANUBIAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 21/01/1909 |
Completed: | 04/1909 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 823 |
Dimensions: | 5064grt, 3137nrt, 387.2 x 51.8 x 27.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48in), 447nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125769 |
History: | |
04/1909 | Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd (Lane & Macandrew), London |
1919 | Managers became British Tanker Co Ltd; renamed BRITISH KNIGHT |
1921 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
1929 | Skibs A/S Ranvik (Lars Thorsen), Sandefjord; renamed RANVIK |
1933 | Manager became Anders Jahre |
1938 | Leonardo Arrivabene SA (L Salom), Venice; renamed C ARRIVABENE |
04/01/1940 | Wrecked |
Comments: | 04/01/1940: Stranded 2 miles south of Fedalah, Morocco |
On a voyage from Augusta to Las Piedras in ballast | |
Subsequently the wreck was sold for breaking up |
Above photo as DANUBIAN is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as RANVIK is courtesy of Steinar Norheim