Name: | SCALARIA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 22/07/1921 |
Completed: | 09/1921 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1173 |
Dimensions: | 5683grt, 3435nrt, 411.5 x 53.4 x 31.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 42.5 & 74 x 48ins), 548nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Reg Number: | 146132 |
History: | |
26/09/1921 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
19/10/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/09/1936: Collided with & damaged USS TEXAS, in fog at San Pedro |
19/10/1942: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Ras Gharib, Red Sea | |
She was carrying a cargo of dirty oil |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship