| Name: | MANTILLA launched as MEXPETRO |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 16/06/1916 |
| Completed: | 12/1916 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 886 |
| Dimensions: | 5660grt, 3495nrt, 407.0 x 52.2 x 31.4ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 505nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 139192 |
| History: | |
| 24/01/1917 | HE Moss & Co, London (as nominee) |
| 1920 | A/S Tankfart (Wilh Wilhelmsen), Tønsberg |
| 1934 | Wilh Wilhelmsen, Tønsberg |
| 1939 | John T Essberger, Hamburg; renamed NORDMEER |
| 01/1940 | Government of Germany |
| 1947 | Soc Française des Transports Pétroliers SA |
| 1948 | Soc Anon Les Pétroles d’Outre-Mer, Le Havre; renamed ARTVINE |
| 09/08/1954 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 16/06/1916: Launched for Wilh Wilhelmsen as MEXPETRO |
| 01/1940: Requisitioned by the Kriegsmarine & in service at Vigo & the Atlantic coast | |
| 25/08/1944: Scuttled as a blockship at Bressens in the Gironde | |
| 25/03/1945: Refloated and subsequently repaired | |
| 1947: Purchased by Soc Française des Trans Pétroliers SA whilst under repair | |
| 09/08/1954: Arrived at Dunston-on-Tyne for breaking up by Clayton & Davie Ltd |
Above photo as ARTVINE is courtesy of Marine-Marchande.net
Shields Daily News, Monday, 09/08/1954