| Name: | LUSTROUS |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 11/10/1927 |
| Completed: | 11/1927 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 965 |
| Dimensions: | 6156grt, 3690nrt, 420.5 x 54.5 x 32.5ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 43.5 & 75 x 51ins), 545nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 149646 |
| History: | |
| 01/11/1927 | Lustrous Steamship Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool |
| 22/02/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 22/02/1941: Sunk by gunfire from SCHARNHORST 950 miles ExS of St John's |
| On a voyage from London to Curacao in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 12/10/1927