| Name: | PROMETHEUS |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 28/05/1903 |
| Completed: | 11/1903 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 766 |
| Dimensions: | 7008grt, 4408nrt, 435.1 x 54.6 x 30.3ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28.0, 46.5 & 77 x 54ins), 564nhp |
| Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 11/1903 | Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges, Hamburg |
| 1914 | Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Bayonne, New Jersey; renamed CUSHING |
| 10/1918 | US Navy; renamed CHINAMPA |
| 05/1919 | Standard Oil Co (New Jersey), Bayonne, New Jersey; renamed CUSHING |
| 1924 | Cia Nav Cisterna SA, Genoa; renamed AMERICANO |
| 1937 | Ditta GM Barbagelata, Genoa |
| 1941 | Petroleos Mexicanos SA; renamed TUXPAM |
| 27/06/1942 | Sank |
| Comments: | 27/06/1942: Sunk by torpedo & gun fire from U-Boat U129, 50 miles north of Veracruz |
| On a voyage from Veracruz to Tampico in ballast. 8 crew died. |
Above photo as PROMETHEUS is courtesy of Auke Visser
Above photo as CHINAMPA is courtesy of Jim Shaw
Above photo as CUSHING is courtesy of Naval Historical Center
Above photo as AMERICANO is courtesy of Auke Visser