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Name: SAN ZEFERINO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/02/1914
Completed: 03/1914
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 831
Dimensions: 6430grt, 4054nrt, 420.1 x 54.6 x 32.4ft
Engines: Q4cyl (24, 35, 50.5 & 73 x 51ins), 554nhp; (1915: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 510nhp)
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow; (1915: Same engine builder)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 136653
History:
18/03/1914 Eagle Oil Transport Co Ltd, London
1930 Eagle Oil & Shipping Co Ltd, London
1937 Oilfuel Depots (Gibraltar) Ltd, London
1939 Shell Company of Gibraltar Ltd, London
1945 Renamed KATELYSIA
02/02/1951 Broken up
Comments: 18/09/1915: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat UC6 off Deal
Subsequently raised and returned to service with a new engine
1937: Used as a depot ship at Gibraltar
02/02/1951: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Ltd


Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Kees Helder

Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Kees Helder

Above photo as SAN ZEFERINO is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Newcastle Journal, Friday, 13/02/1914