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Name: LUBRAFOL
Type: Tanker
Launched: 16/07/1924
Completed: 11/1924
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 981
Dimensions: 7099grt, 5028nrt, 440.8 x 57.4 x 34.0ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, Sulzer 4S60 type, 4cyl (600 x 1060mm), 774nhp
Engines by: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 10.0 knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
11/1924 Soc Anon d'Armement, d'Industrie et de Commerce, Antwerp
1934 Belgian Gulf Oil Co SA, Antwerp
1942 Gulf Oil Corporation, Panama
09/05/1942 Sank
Comments: Laid down as SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS for Tankers Ltd
09/05/1942: Torpedoed & sunk by U-Boat U564, 9 miles NW of Boca Raton, Florida
On a voyage from Aruba to New York with a cargo of fuel oil


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