Name: | LA FLANDRE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 28/04/1888 |
Completed: | 07/1888 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 539 |
Dimensions: | 2047grt, 1278nrt, 270.0 x 37.7 x 25.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 34 & 55 x 36ins), 181nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96132 |
History: | |
07/1888 | HF Swan, Newcastle |
1889 | F Speth & Co, Antwerp |
1891 | American Petroleum Co, Rotterdam |
21/02/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/02/1916: Sank after being mined off Galloper Light Vessel |
on a voyage from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of petroleum |