Name: | SAN FLORENTINO |
Type | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/12/1918 |
Completed: | 04/1919 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1029 |
Dimensions: | 12842grt, 8108nrt, 530.4 x 68.6 x 42.0ft |
Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines (HP, IP & LP), DR geared, 958nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 143056 |
History: | |
20/03/1919 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Company restyled as Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London |
02/10/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 02/10/1941:Torpedoed & sunk by gunfire from U-Boat U94. |
Sunk 860 miles ENE of St John's in position 52.42N-34.51W | |
On a voyage from Glasgow to Curacao in ballast | |
22 crew lost from a total of 56 |
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