Name: | REGENT TIGER |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 17/03/1938 |
Completed: | 08/1938 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1545 |
Dimensions: | 10176grt, 6184nrt, 505.0 x 68.3 x 35.7ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (28.5 x 88.5ins), 1042nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 166521 |
History: | |
08/1938 | Bowring SS Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
10/09/1939 | Sank |
Comments: | 08/09/1939: Torpedoed by U-Boat U29 & caught fire |
09/09/1939: Sank 200 miles SW of Ireland at 49.48N - 14.33W | |
On a voyage from Trinidad to Avonmouth with gasoline & diesel oil |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Sloan