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