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Name: DONOVANIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 13/03/1941
Completed: 06/1941
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 631
Dimensions: 8149grt, 4805nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168181
History:
04/06/1941 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
21/07/1942 Sank
Comments: 21/07/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U160, 30 miles NE of Port of Spain
On a voyage from Lagos to Trinidad in ballast