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Name: HERMES
Type: Tanker
Launched: 25/04/1914
Completed: 10/1914
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 834
Dimensions: 3768grt, 2313nrt, 344.6 x 46.1 x 25.5ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, 6cyl (520 x 900mm), 375nhp
Engines by: Nederlandsche Fabriek van Werktuigen en Spoorwegmaterieel, Amsterdam
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1951: 184383)
History:
10/1914 NV Nederlandsche Indische Tankstoomboot Mij, The Hague
1917 NV Petroleum Mij "La Corona", The Hague & Willemstad
1950 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
04/03/1954 Broken up
Comments: 11/05/1914: Left the Tyne in tow of ROODEZEE to receive engines at Rotterdam
13/03/1951: Registered at London
04/03/1954: Arrived at Grays, Essex, for breaking by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship