Name: | EL LOBO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 26/10/1908 |
Completed: | 11/1908 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 808 |
Dimensions: | 4800grt, 2948nrt, 385.2 x 51.0 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 43 & 72 x 48ins), 440nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125746 |
History: | |
1908 | Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
1932 | Soc Anon di Navigation Cisterne Italiane, Genoa; renamed TAIGETE |
1938 | Cisterne Italiane Soliani & Saltamerenda, Genoa |
1944 | Government of Italy |
1948 | Cisterne Italiane Soliani & Saltamerenda, Genoa |
03/1955 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/1940: Laid up at Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
1944: Requisitioned by the Italian Government for service with the Allies | |
16/12/1954: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up | |
03/1955: Breaking up commenced by CN del Golfo |
Above photo as EL LOBO is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as TAIGETE is courtesy of Navie Armatori