Name: | EL ZORRO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 26/01/1914 |
Completed: | 02/1914 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 928 |
Dimensions: | 5989grt, 3632nrt, 420.1 x 54.4 x 32.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 513nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136644 |
History: | |
25/02/1914 | Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
28/12/1915 | Sank |
Comments: | 28/12/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U24 10 miles South of the Old Head of Kinsale |
On a voyage from Port Arthur to Dartmouth with a cargo of oil |
Jarrow Express, Friday, 06/03/1914