Name: | DIAMANT |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 24/05/1892 |
Completed: | 07/1892 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 591 |
Dimensions: | 3445grt, 2205nrt, 328.6 x 43.0 x 29.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 48ins), 284nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
07/1892 | Deutsche-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Hamburg |
1914 | Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), New York; renamed PLATURIA |
15/09/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/08/1914: Arrived at New York from Rotterdam & transferred to USA company |
15/09/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U63, 200 miles WxS of Tangier | |
On a voyage from Genoa to New York |
Above photo as DIAMANT is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as DIAMANT is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 16/07/1892