Name: | OILTRADER |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 26/10/1927 |
Completed: | 12/1927 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1244 |
Dimensions: | 5550grt, 3261nrt, 410.0 x 53.5 x 30.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25.5, 42 & 70 x 48ins), 482nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Reg Number: | 149955 |
History: | |
28/11/1927 | British Oil Shipping Co Ltd (AA Rapp), London |
29/03/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 29/03/1941: Bombed & sunk 10 miles SE of Lowestoft at 52.34N - 02.01E |
On a voyage from London to Grangemouth and Curaçao in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship