Name: | SHIRAK |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 29/12/1925 |
Completed: | 03/1926 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1010 |
Dimensions: | 6023grt, 3675nrt, 412.0 x 53.4 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 533nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148742 |
History: | |
11/03/1926 | Baltic Trading Co Ltd, London |
19/10/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/10/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boats U47 & U48, 360 miles W of Uist |
On a voyage from Aruba to London with a cargo of refined products |
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