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| Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
| PACIFIC PIONEER |
160361 |
GBR |
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| Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
| 1928 |
16/10/1927 |
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| Vessel type |
Vessel description
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| Cargo General
| Steel Motor Vessel |
| Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
| Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow |
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16 |
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| Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
| 6723 grt / 4126 nrt / |
435.9 ft |
60.2 ft |
29.0 ft |
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| Engine builder |
J. G. Kincaid & Co. Ltd., Greenock |
| Engine detail |
| Twin M8cyl 630x1300mm 4SCSA. 3780bhp 12½kn, B&W type, 2-screw |
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| First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
| Gulf Line Ltd - mng Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., London |
London |
15/02/1928 |
| Other names |
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| Subsequent owner and registration history |
| 1929 Norfolk & North American Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London - same managers |
| Vessel history |
| 1937 6734grt 4093nrt |
| Remarks |
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| End year |
Fate / Status |
| 1942 |
Torpedoed 30/07/1942 |
| Disposal Detail |
| Torpedoed by U-132 in 43.30N 60.35W, on passage Cardiff for New York in ballast. |
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Pacific Pioneer
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