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Name: PECTEN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 30/03/1926
Completed: 05/1927
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 955
Dimensions: 7468grt, 4330nrt, 440.4 x 59.3 x 32.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCDA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (820 x 1500mm), 1204nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149829
History:
17/05/1927 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
25/08/1940 Sank
Comments: 25/08/1940: Torpedoed and sunk 40 miles west of the Island of Mull
On a voyage from Trinidad to the Clyde with a cargo of fuel oil


Above photo is copyright of J Clarkson

Above photo is copyright of J Clarkson

Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle