Name: | SARANAC |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 28/03/1918 |
Completed: | 05/1918 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 863 |
Dimensions: | 12070grt, 7551nrt, 530.5 x 66.3 x 42.7ft; (1932: 12074grt, 7341nrt) |
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: | 140714 |
History: | |
16/05/1918 | Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Newcastle |
25/06/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 1931: Cargo section renewed at Palmers' Hebburn Dock |
17/01/1931: Docked at Hebburn | |
03/02/1931: New centre section weighing 4000 tons launched at Hebburn Yard | |
10/02/1931: Old fore & middle sections undocked | |
11/02/1931: New forebody moved into dock | |
20/03/1931: Work completed and trials on 23/03/1931 | |
25/06/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U51, 490 miles W of Brest | |
On a voyage from Southampton to Aruba in ballast |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo taken during the cargo section renewal process
Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle