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Submitted by Kees Helder on Sun, 04/26/2015 - 15:49

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Completed 1931 as "CONCH" for Anglo-Saxon. 2-12-1940 torpedoed and damaged by U47 and U95 on voyage Trinidad Clyde during Halifax-Liverpool trip. Torpedoed and sunk on 3.12.1940 by U99.

IMO number	1162663
Call sign	GPXR
Construction number	909
Tonnage	12.650 ton
Beam	18m
Length overall	147m
Year of construction	1931
Year of renaming/broken up	1940
Service for Shell	1931 to 1940
Cargo	Crude and white oil products
Class	Twin Screw 12.000 ton
Flag state	Great Britain
Home port	London
Manager	Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers U.K.
Shipyard	Harland & Wolff Shipyard Belfast
Status	Sailing / Sailed for Anglo-Saxon / Shell Tankers UK / STUK

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