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Name: OKA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/09/1888
Completed: 11/1888
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 597
Dimensions: 3095grt, 1995nrt, 334.4 x 44.0 x 24.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (26, 43 & 69 x 45ins), 351nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 95490
History:
10/11/1888 Era Steam Ship Co Ltd, London
1891 Steamship Broadmayne Ltd (A Suart), London; renamed BROADMAYNE
1895 Petroleum Shipping Co of London Ltd (A Suart), London
1897 European Petroleum Co Ltd (A Suart), London
1900 Manager became WA McMullen
1903 Manager became J Clark
1910 London & Thames Haven Oil Wharves Ltd, London
1911 Associated Oil Carriers Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co),London
02/01/1921 Wrecked
Comments: 02/01/1921: Wrecked in Inner Froward Point at the entrance to Dartmouth
On a voyage from London to Dartmouth and Newport News in ballast