| Name: | STROMBUS |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 18/11/1899 |
| Completed: | 01/1900 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 695 |
| Dimensions: | 6030grt, 3928nrt, 410.0 x 52.1 x 32.2ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (28, 46 & 77 x 48ins), 486nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 112650 |
| History: | |
| 1900 | Shell Transport & Trading Co Ltd – M Samuel & Co, London |
| 1907 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1925 | Cia Ballenera del Peru Ltda, Callao |
| 1928 | Hvalfanger A/S Africa, Tonsberg |
| 1935 | A/S Sevilla (Onésimus Andersen,manager), Tonsberg |
| 26/10/1940 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | When launched she was the largest tanker in the World |
| 1925: Converted to a whale factory ship | |
| 26/10/1940: Mined off Swansea at position 51.33.48N - 3.56.48W | |
| Beached near Mumbles Head but broke in two before she could be salvaged | |
| The fore part sank and the aft part remained aground | |
| 1942: Aft part refloated and broken up at Briton Ferry |
Above photo copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photograph courtesy of Harald Fevang
Shields Daily Gazette, Monday, 20/11/1899