| Name: | PURE OIL |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 07/05/1902 |
| Completed: | 06/1902 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 721 |
| Dimensions: | 4487grt, 370.0 x 48.5 x 29.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 70 x 48ins) |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | n/a |
| History: | |
| 06/1902 | Martin Hartmann (Purelight Steamship Co), Hamburg |
| 14/12/1902 | Sank |
| Comments: | 14/12/1902: Foundered after losing propeller blades 1000 miles E of St John's |
| Taken in tow by NORTH POINT but had to be abandoned after 5 hours | |
| On a voyage from Hamburg to Philadelphia in ballast |
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 08/05/1902
Greenock Telegraph, Monday, 22/12/1902