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Name: ARAGUA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 29/08/1927
Completed: 09/1927
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 975
Dimensions: 2650grt, 1515nrt, 305.5 x 50.2 x 16.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13.5, 23 & 37 x 27ins), 212nhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149444
History:
21/09/1927 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1927 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co CA, Maracaibo
1954 Sixto Gill & Son, Maracaibo
11/12/1954 Broken up
Comments: 21/09/1927: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
11/12/1954: Arrived at Baltimore for breaking up


Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 30/08/1927