Name: | ROUMANIAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 27/07/1908 |
Completed: | 09/1908 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 803 |
Dimensions: | 4963grt, 3013nrt, 384.9 x 51.0 x 27.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26.5, 44 & 72 x 48ins), 425nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 125723 |
History: | |
09/1908 | Petroleum Steamship Co Ltd, London |
1917 | Renamed BRITISH BARON |
1921 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
1925 | Halfdan Kuhnle, Bergen; renamed NORNE |
1928 | Soc Anon Industrie Marinare, Genoa; renamed VINCAS |
1933 | Pacific Oil Co Pty Ltd, London |
3Q/1936 | Broken up |
Comments: | 3Q/1936: Broken up in Japan |
Above photo as BRITISH BARON is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as NORNE is courtesy of the H Larsson-Feddes collection
Jarrow Express, Friday, 31/07/1908