Name: | SAN FABIAN |
Type | Tanker |
Launched: | 18/10/1921 |
Completed: | 05/1922 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 913 |
Dimensions: | 13031grt, 8216nrt, 530.5 x 69.4 x 42.2ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 978nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 146560 |
History: | |
08/05/1922 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Company restyled as Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London |
27/08/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 27/08/1942: Torpedoed and sunk between Haiti & Jamaica |
On a voyage from Curacao for Key West & UK with a cargo of fuel oil | |
26 crew lost out of a total of 59 |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley