Name: | SAN GREGORIO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 05/06/1913 |
Completed: | 07/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 923 |
Dimensions: | 9594grt, 6069nrt, 527.2 x 66.6 x 33.9ft; (1926: 13246grt, 9614nrt) |
Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 794nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135247 |
History: | |
19/07/1913 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1926 | Hvalfanger A/S Rosshavet (J Rasmussen & M Konow, managers), Sandefjord |
1926 | Renamed C A LARSEN |
1936 | Hvalfangstselskapet Blaahval A/S, Sandefjord |
1945 | Hvalfangersisk Antarctic A/S (Anton von der Lippe, manager), Tonsberg |
1945 | Renamed ANTARCTIC |
07/08/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1926: Converted to a whale factory ship by Frederikstad mek Verksted |
1940: Requisitioned by the German Kriegsmarine & used as storage tanker | |
1945: Returned to the Norwegian Government | |
1952: Converted back to a tanker | |
07/08/1954: Broken up by Eisen u Metall KG Lehr & Co at Hamburg |
Above photo as C A LARSEN is copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Collection
Above photo as C A LARSEN is copyright of the Norsk Maritimt Museum
Above photo as ANTARCTIC is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Jarrow Express, Friday, 13/06/1913