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Name: LUXOR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 29/11/1929
Completed: 02/1930
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 994
Dimensions: 6554grt, 3925nrt, 430.5 x 56.6 x 32.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (26.75 x 47.5ins), 749nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 161141
History:
13/02/1930 HE Moss & Co's Tankers Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool
1951 Fassio Soc Anon di Navigazione, Genoa; renamed CAROLINA FASSIO
03/06/1965 Broken up
Comments: 03/06/1965: Arrived at Vado, near Savona, for breaking up
08/1966: Breaking up commenced by 'ARDEM' SpA


Above photo as LUXOR is copyright of Naval History & Heritage Command