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