Name: | LUZ BLANCA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 21/07/1913 |
Completed: | 08/1913 |
Builder: | William Dobson & Co |
Yard: | Walker |
Yard Number: | 181 |
Dimensions: | 4868grt, 3087nrt, 375.2 x 52.6 x 27.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 451nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135259 |
History: | |
20/08/1913 | London & Pacific Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1917 | International Petroleum Co Ltd, Toronto |
05/08/1918 | Sank |
Comments: | 05/08/1918: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U156, 35 miles SW of Outer Gas Buoy, Halifax |
On a voyage from Halifax (NS) to Tampico, Mexico, in ballast |
Extract from the Shipbuilder & Marine Engine Builder is courtesy of Terry Summerson