Mendocino
1917-1935 Tanker steam
Buildingyard: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland
Built year: 1917
Yard no: 661
Tonnage: GRT: 7032/ NET: 4412/ TDW: 10360
Dims: LOA: 425,0/ BR: 57,0/ DR: 33,1ft
Machinery: 3-cyl tripleexp steam engine by George Clark Ltd., Sunderland
IHP: 2250
Speed: 10,0 knots
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22.01.1917: Launched.
02.11.1917: Completed. Upon war requsition placed under management by H.E. Moss & Co. (W.M. Cohan), Liverpool.
Price paid: 2.026.478,55
00.06.1919: Returned to service for Wilh. Wilhelmsen
12.08.1935: Sold to A/S Viking (Lundegaard & Sønner), Farsund
00.03.1939: Sold to John T. Essberger. Renamed KARIBISCHES MEER
04.09.1949: Taken over by the German Navy. Renamed ÖLSCHIFF 1. Positioned at Wilhelmshaven. Thereafter Kiel and back to
Wilhelmshaven
21.08.1944: Scuttled in the River Seine near Rouen as a blockade ship
20.04.1946: Refloated
15.08.1946: Beached at Henouville for scrapping