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Name: M O B 12
Type: Tanker
Launched: 1945
Completed: 02/1946
Builder: Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 26
Dimensions: 180dwt, 136grt, 49nrt, 100.0 x 19.7 x 7.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (10 & 20 x 15ins)
Engines by:
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number:
History:
02/1946 Royal Army Service Corps
19XX Renamed V W L 8
15/11/1957 Government of Ceylon
No further history known
Comments: Ordered by the Admiralty & built as a Military Oil Barge hence MOB
17/12/1943: Order transferred to Royal Army Service Corps
VWL stood for Victualling Water Lighter
19/08/1958: Transfer to the Government of Ceylon took place