Name: | MASSIS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 25/08/1914 |
Completed: | 10/1914 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 865 |
Dimensions: | 5029grt, 2769nrt, 385.2 x 50.3 x 30.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136712 |
History: | |
05/10/1914 | Massis Oil Transport Co Ltd (F Gilbert), London |
1924 | Soc Anon Les Pétroles d'Outremer, Dunkerque |
1941 | Government of Italy - Navy (SA Cooperativa di Nav 'Garibaldi', Genoa) |
1941 | Renamed SATURNO |
20/01/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/05/1941: Seized by Italian Government |
20/01/1943: Damaged by bombs from British aircraft and | |
sank under tow 35 miles NxE of Tunis |