Name: | SHIRVAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/11/1925 |
Completed: | 12/1925 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1007 |
Dimensions: | 6017grt, 3671nrt, 411.8 x 53.4 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 552nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 148714 |
History: | |
19/12/1925 | Baltic Trading Co Ltd, London |
10/11/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 10/11/1944: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U100, 45 miles west of Reykjavik |
On a voyage from Bowling to Hvalfjord with a cargo of gas oil |
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