Name: | EL OSO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/07/1921 |
Completed: | 09/1921 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 973 |
Dimensions: | 7267grt, 4405nrt, 440.5 x 57.5 x 34.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29, 48 & 81 x 54ins), 678nhp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Elswick |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146105 |
History: | |
13/09/1921 | Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
11/01/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 11/01/1940: Mined & sunk 6 miles from the Bar Light Vessel |
On a voyage from Lobitos to Ellesmere Port with a cargo of crude oil |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley