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Name: WEEHAWKEN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/07/1891
Completed: 09/1891
Builder: Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 574
Dimensions: 2784grt, 2101nrt, 310.0 x 40.2 x 28.2ft
Engines: T3cyl (22, 35 & 58 x 42ins), 218nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 98974
History:
09/1891 Weehawken Steam Ship Co Ltd (FE Bliss), London
1901 Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London
1911 Restitution Steamship Co Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co), Swansea
1921 Oil & Molasses Tankers Ltd (JI Jacobs & Co), Swansea
1927 Soc Anon di Navigazione Cameli & Co, Genoa; renamed VIOCA
04/1937 Broken up
Comments: 04/1937: Broken up in Italy


Above photo as WEEHAWKEN is courtesy of Greek Shipping Miracle