Name: | OILFIELD |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 01/05/1923 |
Completed: | 06/1923 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 224 |
Dimensions: | 5387grt, 3063nrt, 365.2 x 51.3 x 30.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 467nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 145529 |
History: | |
15/06/1923 | Field Tank Steamship Co Ltd (Hunting & Son), Newcastle |
1937 | Mid-Atlantic Shipping Co Ltd (Townsend Brothers Shipping Ltd), Newcastle |
1937 | Renamed ENGLISH TANKER |
1941 | Spanish Government (CAMPSA); renamed CASTILLO ALMENARA |
1947 | Cia Arrendataria del MonopolIo de Petroleos, Cadiz; renamed CAMPOSINES |
07/1967 | Broken Up |
Comments: | 07/06/1938: Damaged in Spanish Nationalist air attack while at Alicante |
discharging oil, abandoned by crew and sank | |
26/04/1939: Refloated and repaired | |
07/1967: Broken up at Castellon by Desguaces Incolesa |
Above photo as OILFIELD is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo as OILFIELD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as OILFIELD is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle
Above photo as CAMPOSINES is copyright of Robert Boman