| Name: | WELLFIELD |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 08/12/1923 |
| Completed: | 03/1924 |
| Builder: | Tyne Iron Shipbuilding Company |
| Yard: | Willington Quay |
| Yard Number: | 225 |
| Dimensions: | 5633grt, 3295nrt, 385.6 x 51.4 x 30.1ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (560 x 1000mm), 563nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 10.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 148055 |
| History: | |
| 11/03/1924 | Field Tank Steamship Co Ltd (Hunting & Son), Newcastle |
| 04/06/1941 | Sank |
| Comments: | 02/1931: Aground in the Bosphorus & abandoned |
| 05/1931: Salvaged & repaired on the Tyne by Smith's Dock | |
| 1932: Lengthened to 409.8ft, 6054grt, 3584nrt | |
| 04/061941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U48, 970 miles W of St John's Nfl | |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Curacao in ballast |
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Shields Daily News, Thursday, 13/03/1924