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Name: SCALARIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/07/1921
Completed: 09/1921
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1173
Dimensions: 5683grt, 3435nrt, 411.5 x 53.4 x 31.0ft
Engines: T3cyl (24.5, 42.5 & 74 x 48ins), 548nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: 146132
History:
26/09/1921 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
19/10/1942 Sank
Comments: 21/09/1936: Collided with & damaged USS TEXAS, in fog at San Pedro
19/10/1942: Bombed & sunk by German aircraft off Ras Gharib, Red Sea
She was carrying a cargo of dirty oil


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship