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Name: WAR RANEE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 24/05/1918
Completed: 06/1918
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1052
Dimensions: 5559grt, 3398nrt, 400.2 x 52.3 x 28.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: 142455
History:
06/1918 The Shipping Controller (British Tanker Co Ltd), London
1920 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1921 Renamed CORBIS
1927 A/S Granlund (S Ugelstad & Co), Oslo; renamed GRANLUND
1929 Manager became Fr Mowinckel, Oslo
1930 A/S Senita (H Rich Aass), Oslo; renamed SOLNA
1939 Government of Greece - Royal Hellenic Navy; renamed ARGO
No later history known
Comments: 1962: Stricken from Greek naval list


Above photo as GRANLUND is courtesy of Kees Helder