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Name: LAURELWOOD
Type: Tanker
Launched: 09/05/1929
Completed: 07/1929
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1046
Dimensions: 7347grt, 4360nrt, 436.0 x 59.5 x 33.8ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SCSA, H&W-B&W type, 6cyl (24.75 x 51.25ins), 709nhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161261
History:
03/07/1929 Molasses & General Transport Co Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co Ltd), London
1952 Thomas Entz Tanker GmbH (Zerssen & Co), Rendsburg
1952 Renamed MARGOT ENTZ
31/05/1959 Broken up
Comments: 31/05/1959: Arrived at Hamburg for breaking up
Broken up by Eisen u Metall KG Lehr & Co at Hamburg


Above photo as LAURELWOOD is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as MARGOT ENTZ is copyright of Robert J Boman. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return