Name: | MEXICAN PRINCE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 14/07/1893 |
Completed: | 09/1893 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 183 |
Dimensions: | 3028grt, 1953nrt, 328.3 x 41.0 x 19.5ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 62.5 x 42ins), 271nhp |
Engines by: | Blair & Co Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 101835 |
History: | |
09/1893 | James Knott, Newcastle |
1901 | Prince Line Ltd (James Knott), Newcastle |
1917 | Managers Furness, Withy & Co Ltd |
1919 | Southern Whaling & Sealing Co Ltd (NC Watt), Cape Town |
1919 | Renamed SOUTHERN ISLES |
1929 | Cia de Combustiveis de Lobito, Lobito; renamed SILVA PORTO |
01/1938 | Broken up |
Comments: | 11/10/1929: Arrived under tow at Lobito for service as a storage tanker |
01/1938: Delivered under tow to Pembroke Dock for breaking up by TW Ward |