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Name: OSCAR D BENNETT
Launched: 09/11/1912
Completed: 12/1912
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Yard Number: 280
Dimensions: 175grt, 24nrt, 106.0 x 21.2 x 11.2ft
Engines: C2cyl (18 & 38 x 24ins), 70nhp, 400ihp
Engines by: JP Rennoldson & Sons Ltd, South Shields
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 134956; (1913: n/a)
History:
16/12/1912 James Boyd, Glasgow; registered at South Shields
12/1912 Huasteca Petroleum Co, Tampico, Mexico
28/12/1919 Wrecked
Comments: Fitted with a powerful duplex pump for salvage and fire purposes,
capable of discharging 100 tons per hour
19/12/1912: Sailed from the Tyne to Sunderland to take on oil fuel
20/12/1912: Sailed from Sunderland for Mexico
1913: UK registry closed
28/12/1919: Wrecked at Tampico


Shields Daily News, Monday, 11/11/1912