Name: | PRUDENTIA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/06/1889 |
Completed: | 07/1889 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 615 |
Dimensions: | 2730grt, 1791nrt, 312.0 x 40.2 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24, 38 & 62 x 42ins), 269nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 96611 |
History: | |
22/07/1889 | Steam Ship Prudentia Ltd (A Suart), London |
1897 | European Petroleum Co Ltd (A Suart), London |
1900 | European Petroleum Co (1900) Ltd (WA McMullen), London |
1901 | Lennard’s Carrying Co Ltd (JM Lennard & Sons Ltd), Middlesbrough |
12/01/1916 | Sank |
Comments: | 31/10/1914: Requisitioned for Admiralty service as an oiler |
12/01/1916: Dragged her anchor in a gale & was holed by the propeller of HERMIONE | |
HERMIONE was lying alongside in Gutter Sound in Scapa Flow | |
PRUDENTIA sank without casualties |