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Name: SEPIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 03/09/1936
Completed: 10/1936
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1519
Dimensions: 6214grt, 3620nrt, 430.3 x 54.5 x 30.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (25.75 x 55.25ins), 377nhp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 164735
History:
10/1936 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Broken up
Comments: 1958: Converted in Sweden into a storage hulk
1960: Broken up at Ornskoldsvik


Above photo courtesy of Photoship