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 |