Name: | SAN HILARIO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 27/11/1913 |
Completed: | 12/1913 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 828 |
Dimensions: | 10157grt, 6454nrt, 530.0 x 66.5 x 33.5ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 793nhp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135306 |
History: | |
23/12/1913 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
20/04/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 20/04/1917: Captured, torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U43, 270 miles WxN of Fastnet |
On a voyage from Puerto Mexico to Queenstown with a cargo of petrol |
Above photo as SAN HILARIO is courtesy of Photoship
Newcastle Evening Chronicle, Thursday, 27/11/1913