Name: | SHWEDAGON |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 03/04/1912 |
Completed: | 05/1912 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 843 |
Dimensions: | 3391grt, 1999nrt, 300.4 x 44.1 x 31.3ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (19, 31 & 51 x 36ins), 199nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 129306 |
History: | |
11/07/1912 | Indo-Burmah Petroleum Co Ltd, Rangoon |
1947 | Managers became British Tanker Co Ltd; registered at Calcutta |
22/12/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | Steel Bros & Co, London, acted as purchasing agents for the owners |
22/12/1952: Arrived at Sunderland for breaking up by T Young & Sons |
Arrived at Sunderland for breaking up. Photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Jarrow Express, Friday, 24/05/1912