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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