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Name: OLTENIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 06/03/1928
Completed: 04/1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1031
Dimensions: 6394grt, 3845nrt, 423.7 x 55.3 x 32.4ft
Engines: Q4cyl (25.5, 36.5, 52.25 & 75 x 48ins), 533hp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (1941: 159351)
History:
04/1928 Steaua Romana SA, Constanza
1940 Ministry of War Transport (British Tanker Co), Mombasa
1941 Renamed OLTENIA II
08/01/1943 Sank
Comments: 1940: Requisitioned by UK
08/01/1943: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U436, 770 miles SW of Madeira
On a voyage from Trinidad to Gibraltar with a cargo of fuel oil


Above photo as OLTENIA is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as OLTENIA II is courtesy of Richard Cox