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Name: SUCRE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/05/1926
Completed: 06/1926
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 962
Dimensions: 2646grt, 1509nrt, 305.0 x 50.2 x 16.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (13.5, 23 & 37 x 27ins), 210nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149411
History:
17/06/1926 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Newcastle
1926 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co SA, Maracaibo
1950 Richmond Exploration Company, Maracaibo
23/06/1956 Broken up
Comments: 17/06/1926: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
23/06/1956: Arrived at Savona for breaking up