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Name: TOAS
Type: Tanker
Launched: 27/04/1926
Completed: 05/1926
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 961
Dimensions: 2034grt, 1139nrt, 280.4 x 47.2 x 16.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (19, 30 & 49 x 36ins), 192nhp
Engines by: MacColl & Pollock Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149410
History:
19/05/1926 Gulf Refining Co, Newcastle
1926 Gulf Refining Co, Maracaibo
1935 Venezuelan Gulf Oil Co, Maracaibo
1937 Mene Grande Oil Co SA, Maracaibo
1947 Caribbean Petroleum Co Ltd, Maracaibo
1949 Shell Caribbean Petroleum Co Ltd, Maracaibo
12/06/1950 Broken up
Comments: 19/05/1926: Sir Joseph W Isherwood & Co acted as the agent in the UK
12/06/1950: Arrived at Quebec in tow for breaking up
Broken up by Loudee Iron & Metal Co Inc
Not completed until 1952 due to suspension of work mid term