Name: | SAN TIRSO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 20/08/1913 |
Completed: | 09/1913 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 927 |
Dimensions: | 6236grt, 3951nrt, 420.6 x 54.6 x 32.4ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (24, 35, 50.5 & 73 x 51ins), 554nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 135267 |
History: | |
25/09/1913 | Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Company restyled as Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd , London |
1937 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1945 | Renamed KELLIELLA |
1947 | Shell Co of Gibraltar Ltd, London |
31/07/1953 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1937: Sold for use as a depot ship in the Gareloch |
1939: Refitted for ocean service | |
1947: Sold for use as a hulk at Gibraltar | |
31/07/1953: Broken up at Troon by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Jarrow Express, Friday, 22/08/1913