Name: | ORIFLAMME |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 27/04/1899 |
Completed: | 06/1899 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 691 |
Dimensions: | 3764grt, 2424nrt, 335.7 x 45.9 x 28.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 48ins), 284nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 110141 |
History: | |
06/1899 | Desmarais Bros, London |
1899 | Oriflamme Steamship Co Ltd (Lane & Macandrew), London |
25/11/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 25/11/1917: Mined & sunk 9 miles south of Nab Light Vessel |
On a voyage from New York to Le Havre with a cargo of benzine | |
Mine was laid by U-Boat UC63 on 15/09/1917 |
Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 28/04/1899