Name: | SAN ONOFRE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 10/06/1914 |
Completed: | 09/1914 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 853 |
Dimensions: | 9718grt, 5967nrt, 530.0 x 66.6 x 33.4ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 790nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 136703 |
History: | |
12/09/1914 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
12/05/1917 | Sank |
Comments: | 12/05/1917: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 64 miles NW of the Skelligs, Co Kerry |
On a voyage from Puerto Mexico to Queenstown with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Newcastle Journal, Thursday, 11/06/1914