Name: | ROUMANIAN PRINCE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/01/1913 |
Completed: | 02/1913 |
Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 185 |
Dimensions: | 5700disp, 4147grt, 2577nrt, 357.3 x 48.3 x 28.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (25, 42 & 68 x 48ins), 363nhp, 1810ihp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 133526 |
History: | |
13/02/1913 | Prince Line Ltd (J Knott, manager), Newcastle |
1917 | Furness, Withy & Co Ltd, London |
06/02/1918 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH MAJOR |
1929 | Cie Generale Armamento Societa Anonima, Italy; renamed RIVA SICULA |
24/05/1933 | Sank |
Comments: | 1917: Owners became part of Furness, Withy & Co Ltd |
26/07/1918: Survived an attempted attack by U-Boat U140 | |
20/04/1933: Grounded on Almadi Reef at Dakar | |
On a voyage from Constanta to Dakar with a cargo of fuel oil | |
24/05/1933: Refloated but subsequently sank in port |
Above photo as BRITISH MAJOR is copyright of the World Ship Society
Above photo as BRITISH MAJOR is courtesy of Kevin Blair