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Name: WAR NIZAM
Type: Tanker
Launched: 05/09/1918
Completed: 10/1918
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Jarrow
Yard Number: 889
Dimensions: 5592grt, 3432nrt, 400.0 x 52.3 x 28.4ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp
Engines by: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 142691
History:
23/10/1918 The Shipping Controller (British Tanker Co Ltd), London
1921 The Admiralty
1947 Basinghall Shipping Co Ltd (P Bauer), London; renamed BASINGHALL
07/1949 Broken up
Comments: 1937: Transferred to the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
07/1949: Arrived at Antwerp for breaking up


Above photo, believed to show WAR NIZAM behind VIVIEN, is copyright of the Imperial War Museum. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return