Name: | OLTENIA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 06/03/1928 |
Completed: | 04/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1031 |
Dimensions: | 6394grt, 3845nrt, 423.7 x 55.3 x 32.4ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52.25 & 75 x 48ins), 533hp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1941: 159351) |
History: | |
04/1928 | Steaua Romana SA, Constanza |
1940 | Ministry of War Transport (British Tanker Co), Mombasa |
1941 | Renamed OLTENIA II |
08/01/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 1940: Requisitioned by UK |
08/01/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U436, 770 miles SW of Madeira | |
On a voyage from Trinidad to Gibraltar with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo as OLTENIA is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as OLTENIA II is courtesy of Richard Cox