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Name: MONAGAS
Type: Tanker
Launched: 15/07/1927
Completed: 08/1927
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 973
Dimensions: 2649grt, 1511nrt, 305.3 x 50.2 x 16.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13.5, 23 & 37 x 27ins), 210nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149441
History:
22/08/1927 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1927 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo
16/02/1942 Stranded
Comments: 22/08/1927: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
16/02/1942: Torpedoed by U-Boat U502 in the Gulf of Venezuela, 40 miles S of Aruba
Ran ashore 4 miles north of Punta Espada Guajira but broke her back
On a voyage from Maracaibo to Aruba with a cargo of crude oil