Name: | VACLITE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 12/10/1928 |
Completed: | 12/1928 |
Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1044 |
Dimensions: | 5026grt, 2918nrt, 386.0 x 52.2 x 29.7ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 74 x 48ins), 511hp |
Engines by: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Scotswood; Eng no 76 |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 160618 |
History: | |
30/11/1928 | Vacuum Oil Co Ltd, London |
1938 | Standard Transportation Co Ltd, London |
30/01/1940 | Sank |
Comments: | 30/01/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U55, 80 miles SW of Lands End |
On a voyage from London to New York in ballast |
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan
Above photo is copyright of A Duncan