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Name: SARANAC
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/03/1918
Completed: 05/1918
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 863
Dimensions: 12070grt, 7551nrt, 530.5 x 66.3 x 42.7ft; (1932: 12074grt, 7341nrt)
Engines: Q4cyl (28.5, 41, 58 & 84 x 54ins), 793nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 140714
History:
16/05/1918 Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, Newcastle
25/06/1940 Sank
Comments: 1931: Cargo section renewed at Palmers' Hebburn Dock
17/01/1931: Docked at Hebburn
03/02/1931: New centre section weighing 4000 tons launched at Hebburn Yard
10/02/1931: Old fore & middle sections undocked
11/02/1931: New forebody moved into dock
20/03/1931: Work completed and trials on 23/03/1931
25/06/1940: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U51, 490 miles W of Brest
On a voyage from Southampton to Aruba in ballast


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo taken during the cargo section renewal process

Above photo is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle