Name: | HERBERT G WYLIE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/11/1912 |
Completed: | 12/1912 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 848 |
Dimensions: | 4293grt, 2579nrt, 360.0 x 50.2 x 28.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23.5, 38.5 & 64 x 45ins), 330nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133521 |
History: | |
31/12/1912 | Petroleum Carriers Ltd (J Boyd), Newcastle |
1914 | Petroleum Transport Co, Los Angeles |
1918 | Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co, Los Angeles |
1933 | Pan-American Foreign Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
1934 | Standard Oil Co of Venezuela, La Guaira |
12/01/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/01/1939: Sank after exploding while loading crude oil at Caripito, Venezuela |
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