San Joaquin
1913 Tanker (steam)
Buildingyard: James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland/ UK
Built year: 1913
Yard no: 644
Tonnage: GRT: 6987/ NET: 4421/ TDW: 10360
Dims: LOA: 425,5/ BR: 57,1/ DR: 33,1ft
Machinery : 3-cyl triple exp steam engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland
BHP/ IHP: 2250
Speed: 10,00 knots
Photo:
First tanker in the WW-fleet
14.11.1913: Launched
21.12.1913: Completed. Price paid: NOK 1.862.527,65
06.06.1929: Sold to A/S Hektor (N. Bugge), Tønsberg. Renamed MELVILLE
00.00.1935: Sold to Hellenic Tramp S.S. Co. Ltd. (Iossifoglu), Greece. Renamed IOLCOS
00.00.1937: Sold to Finchley S.S. Co.Ltd. (J.N. Vassiliou), London. Renamed WOODFORD
01.09.1937: Torpedoed and sunk 24 miles off Benicarlo, Spain, by the Italian submarine DIASPRO during the Spanish Civil War.
On passage from Constanza to Valencia. The vessel had a cargo of fueloil