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Name: PETROLEUM
Type: Tanker
Launched: 30/10/1902
Completed: 05/1903
Builder: CS Swan & Hunter
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 280
Dimensions: 4686grt, 3055nrt, 370.8 x 48.7 x 29.3ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 40 & 68 x 48ins), 320nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 118493
History:
07/1900 Petroleum United Agencies Ltd, London
1905 The Admiralty, London
20/04/1937 Broken up
Comments: 1905: Refueled battleships over the bow whilst being towed
20/04/1937: Broken up by TW Ward Ltd at Inverkeithing


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