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Name: EMPIRE NEPTUNE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 13/04/1945
Completed: 08/1945
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 666
Dimensions: 12000dwt, 8285grt, 4755nrt, 465.0 x 59.2 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502mn
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180222
History:
13/08/1945 Ministry of War Transport (Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, managers), South Shields
1946 Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed SAN VIRGILIO
03/12/1958 Broken up
Comments: 03/12/1958: Broken up at Hong Kong by Dah Chong Hong


Above photo as EMPIRE NEPTUNE is copyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo as EMPIRE NEPTUNE is courtesy of Hawthorn Leslie & Co

Above photo as SAN VIRGILIO is courtesy of Photoship