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Name: ELMOL
Type: Tanker
Launched: 23/07/1917
Completed: 08/1917
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1034
Dimensions: 1170grt, 496nrt, 210.0 x 34.8 x 16.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (13.5, 22 & 36 x 30ins), 135nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140340
History:
23/08/1917 The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary
1960 Enid Shipping Co Ltd, London
1961 Haulbowline Industries Ltd, London
1962 AG Weser, Bremen; renamed A G W VII
17/07/1978 Broken up
Comments: Designed for use as a port or dockyard oiler
1962: Converted into an oil sludge vessel for tanker cleaning purposes
17/07/1978: Broken up at Bremen by AG Weser


Above photo as ELMOL is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as ELMOL is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ELMOL is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo as ELMOL is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as AGW VII is copright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum