Name: | SOLEN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 15/03/1922 |
Completed: | 07/1922 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1179 |
Dimensions: | 5693grt, 3385nrt, 411.5 x 53.4 x 31.0ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (24.5, 42.5 & 74 x 48ins), 548nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Reg Number: | 146592 |
History: | |
30/06/1922 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
12/02/1942 | Government of Japan; renamed SHOSEI MARU |
08/1945 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London; renamed SOLEN |
1948 | Shell Company of Straits Settlements Ltd, Singapore |
1949 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1938: Used as floating storage at Singapore |
12/02/1942: Seized at Singapore by Japanes forces | |
1949: Broken up in China |
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship