Name: | SAN MELITO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/03/1914 |
Completed: | 04/1914 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 829 |
Dimensions: | 10160grt, 7880nrt, 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, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136669 |
History: | |
25/04/1914 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London |
1946 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1953 | Shell Company of Gibraltar Ltd, London |
30/05/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1946: In service as a depot ship at Shanghai and later at Singapore |
30/05/1954: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Jarrow Express, Friday, 13/03/1914