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Name: ROTTERDAM
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/01/1895
Completed: 06/1895
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 690
Dimensions: 4140grt, 2635nrt, 360.0 x 46.7 x 27.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (28.5, 46 & 75 x 48ins), 457nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1895 American Petroleum Co, Rotterdam
1924 Soc Armatrice Italiana, Genoa; renamed OLANDESE
1927 Soc Petrolifera Esercizia Marittimi, Fiume
1930 De Gregori & Scotto, Genoa
29/08/1932 Broken up
Comments: 04/08/1897: Ran on to rocks at Mistaken Point near Cape Race, Newfoundland
The impact damaged her bows & destroyed most of her bottom
Repairs were carried out on the Tyne
29/08/1932: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up


Above photo as ROTTERDAM is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ROTTERDAM is courtesy of Auke Visser

Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 15/01/1895