| Name: | OILPIONEER |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 03/09/1928 |
| Completed: | 11/1928 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1286 |
| Dimensions: | 5666grt, 3419nrt, 410.0 x 53.5 x 31.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 7cyl (23.5 x 467.25in), 676nhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 160604 |
| History: | |
| 02/11/1928 | British Oil Shipping Co Ltd (AA Rapp), London |
| 08/06/1940 | Sank |
| Comments: | 08/06/1940: Shelled & sunk by German warships GNEISENAU, ADMIRAL HIPPER |
| & supporting destroyers while supporting Royal Navy ships in Northern Norway | |
| Sank 300 miles north west of Trondheim in position 67.20N - 04.10E |
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