Name: | WAR RAJAH |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 05/11/1918 |
Completed: | 12/1918 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1077 |
Dimensions: | 8450dwt, 5576grt, 3444nrt, 400.0 x 52.3 x 28.4ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 2585hp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142723 |
History: | |
12/1918 | British Government, Shipping Controller (British Tanker Co Ltd, managers) |
1920 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London; renamed BRITISH SAILOR |
1951 | Vivalet Shipping & Trading Co SA, Panama; renamed VIVA |
1953 | SA Hellenique Transpetrol, Panama (AI Romano, manager); renamed LEROS |
01/04/1954 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/01/1954: Grounded near the Elbe Light Vessel & severely damaged |
Subsequently refloated & condemned | |
23/03/1954: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corp (BISCO) and | |
allocated to Hughes, Bolckow Shipbreaking Co Ltd, Blyth |
Above photo as BRITISH SAILOR courtesy of Photoship