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Name: EL GRILLO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 02/11/1921
Completed: 01/1922
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 974
Dimensions: 7259grt, 4414nrt, 440.5 x 57.5 x 34.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (29, 48 & 81 x 54ins), 678nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 146230
History:
13/01/1922 Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London
10/02/1944 Sank
Comments: 10/02/1944: Bombed & sunk in Seydisfjord, Iceland
While carrying a cargo of fuel oil & diesel oil