Name: | DERBENT |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 16/12/1907 |
Completed: | 03/1908 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 805 |
Dimensions: | 3178grt, 1924nrt, 310.0 x 43.0 x 26.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 39 & 66 x 45ins), 258nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1914: 136706) |
History: | |
1908 | Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp |
29/09/1914 | The Admiralty, London |
30/11/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 1914: Requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler |
30/11/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U96 when 6 miles NE by E of Lynas Point | |
On a voyage from Liverpool to Queenstown with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums