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Name: PARAGUANĮ
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/11/1924
Completed: 01/1925
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 953
Dimensions: 1977grt, 1111nrt, 280.0 x 47.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 186nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 148116
History:
16/01/1925 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1925 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co SA, Maracaibo
1938 Standard Oil Co of Venezuela, Maracaibo; renamed MOTATAN
1939 Lago Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed ESSO PANAMA
1945 Esso Transportation Co Ltd, London
08/1950 Broken up
Comments: 16/01/1925: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
08/1950: Broken up at Quebec by Loudee Iron & Steel Co Inc


Shields Daily News, Monday, 01/12/1924