Name: | TORINIA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 04/05/1939 |
Completed: | 07/1939 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1561 |
Dimensions: | 10364grt, 6178nrt, 505.8 x 64.6 x 36.6ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 10cyl (650 x 1400mm), 628nhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | 167312 |
History: | |
24/07/1939 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
21/09/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 21/09/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U100, 200 miles west of Ireland |
On a voyage from Curacao to the Clyde with a cargo of naval fuel oil |
Above photo is courtesy of John Bage
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship