Name: | LA CARRIERE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 02/06/1938 |
Completed: | 08/1938 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1555 |
Dimensions: | 5685grt, 3231nrt, 415.0 x 53.8 x 30.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 44 & 74 x 48ins), 590nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 166530 |
History: | |
08/1938 | Trinidad Leaseholds Ltd, London |
25/02/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/02/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U156, |
100 miles south of Puerto Rico at 16.53N - 67.05W | |
On a voyage from New York to Trinidad in ballast |