Name: | TWINGONE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 22/07/1902 |
Completed: | 1902 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 727 |
Dimensions: | 1771grt, 1120nrt, 250.0 x 36.5 x 16.8ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 198nhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 8.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 95938 |
History: | |
1902 | Burmah Oil Co Ltd, Rangoon |
1914 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London; renamed UNIO |
1921 | Nederlandsche-Indische Tank Stoomboot Mij, Batavia |
1930 | “Nafta” Soc Italiana del Petroleo ed Affini, Genoa |
1940 | Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli, Genoa; renamed CASSALA |
02/12/1943 | Sank |
Comments: | 04/11/1913: Damaged by fire at Tuticorin |
Subsequently sold and repaired | |
02/12/1943: Sank during a German air attack at Bari | |
09/1952: Wreck demolished |
Above photo as UNIO courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily Gazette, Wednesday, 23/07/1902