Name: | SILVERLIP |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 29/11/1902 |
Completed: | 1903 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 723 |
Dimensions: | 7492grt, 4904nrt, 470.0 x 55.2 x 33.1ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (29.5, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 579nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 118327 |
History: | |
1903 | Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd (M Samuel & Co), London |
01/05/1907 | Sank |
Comments: | 01/05/1907: Sank after being abandoned on this date on fire after |
an explosion in the Bay of Biscay at approximately 46N – 07W | |
On a voyage from Singapore to the UK with a cargo of benzine |
Above photo courtesy of Photoship