Name: | SCOTTISH CHIEF |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/02/1928 |
Completed: | 05/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 1029 |
Dimensions: | 7006grt, 4255nrt, 441.0 x 57.0 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | Q4cyl (24.5, 34.5, 50 & 74 x 54ins), 766hp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160413 |
History: | |
18/04/1928 | Tankers Ltd, London |
1941 | Managers became Athel Line Ltd |
19/11/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/11/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U177, 225 miles ExS of Durban |
On a voyage from Bandar Abbas to Cape Town with a cargo of fuel oil |
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley