| Name: | HYRCANIA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 14/08/1908 |
| Completed: | 10/1908 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 807 |
| Dimensions: | 5227grt, 2696nrt, 385.0 x 50.7 x 30.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (24, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 443nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 125740 |
| History: | |
| 21/10/1908 | Caspian Oil Co Ltd, London |
| 1924 | Soc Franco-Caspienne des Pétroles SA, Dunkerque |
| 1930 | Scopinich & Monta, Genoa |
| 1932 | Renamed SANANDREA |
| 1934 | Monta & Angeloni, Genoa |
| 1937 | 'Polena' Soc di Navigazione, Genoa |
| 31/08/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 30/08/1942: Bombed and critically damaged by Allied aircraft |
| 31/08/1942: Sank 5 miles west of Santa Maria di Leuca | |
| On a voyage from Taranto to Tobruk with a cargo of petrol |
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