Name: | PATRICIAN |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 22/02/1901 |
Completed: | 04/1901 |
Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 261 |
Dimensions: | 7474grt, 4859nrt, 470.0 x 56.2 x 31.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27.5, 47.5 & 75 x 60ins), 592nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 113459 |
History: | |
04/1901 | Charente Steam Ship Co Ltd (T & J Harrison), Liverpool |
1915 | The Admiralty, London; renamed TEAKOL |
1917 | The Shipping Controller (Lane & Macandrew Ltd), London |
1917 | Renamed VINELEAF |
1920 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH VINE |
1923 | A/S Tønsbergs Hvalfangerei (H Borge), Tønsberg; renamed BUSEN |
29/07/1935 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1914: Admiralty requisition, converted to a dummy battleship HMS INVINCIBLE |
1915: Converted to a fleet oiler | |
29/07/1935: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up |
Above image as PATRICIAN courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Saturday, 23/02/1901