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Name: MINISTER MAYBACH
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/06/1887
Completed: 08/1887
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 501
Dimensions: 2486grt, 1756nrt, 285.0 x 40.2 x 23.1ft; (by 1893: 2881grt, 2132nrt)
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 39ins), 130nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
08/1887 WA Riedemann & AN Schütte & Sohn, Geestemünde
1890 Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Geestemünde
01/1899 Missing
Comments: 25/01/1899: Sailed from New York for Antwerp with a cargo of petrol
Subsequently posted missing


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Friday, 24/06/1887