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Name: ZAPARA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 31/03/1926
Completed: 04/1926
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 960
Dimensions: 2036grt, 1138nrt, 280.4 x 47.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 192nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149408
History:
28/04/1926 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1926 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co SA, Maracaibo
1946 Cia de Petroleo Lago, Maracaibo
14/07/1953 Broken up
Comments: 28/04/1926: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
14/04/1953: Arrived at Mobile for breaking up
07/1953: Broken up at Mobile by Pinto Island Metal Co