| Name: | NERITE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 17/10/1895 |
| Completed: | 11/1895 |
| Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 632 |
| Dimensions: | 4893grt, 3155nrt, 376.0 x 48.0 x 29.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 43.5 & 73 x 48ins), 414nhp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 105765 |
| History: | |
| 11/1895 | M Samuel & Co, London |
| 1898 | Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd (M Samuel & Co), London |
| 1902 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 15/03/1902: On fire after a bulkhead burst while lightering the tanker BULYSSES |
| in the Suez Canal. She was burned out | |
| 1902: Broken up in Italy |
Above photo of the shipbuilder's model is copyright of Charles Miller. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 19/10/1895