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Name: SVEVE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 07/10/1930
Completed: 11/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1394
Dimensions: 6313grt, 3741nrt, 420.6 x 57.5 x 32.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (31 x 43in), 1010nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1930 A/S D/S Atlantic (W & P Jensen), Bergen
10/09/1942 Sank
Comments: 1940: In Admiralty service as a Royal Fleet Auxiliary
10/09/1942: Torpedoed by U-Boat U96, 700 miles W of Ireland at 51.28N - 28.30W
10/09/1942: Finally sunk by her escort HMCS SHERBROOKE
On a voyage from Glasgow to New York & Curacao in ballast


Above photo courtesy of Photoship