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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