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Name: BULYSSES
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/05/1926
Completed: 05/1927
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 540
Dimensions: 7519grt, 4342nrt, 440.3 x 59.5 x 32.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCDA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (820 x 1500mm), 1204nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149818
History:
27/04/1927 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
10/09/1941 Sank
Comments: 10/09/1941: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U82, 530 miles WxS of Reykjavik
On a voyage from New York to Stanlow with a cargo of gas oil


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