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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
BRITISH DIPLOMAT
148786
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1926
02/04/1926
07/1926
Vessel type
Vessel description
Tanker Oil
Steel Motor Vessel
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
507
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
6484 grt / 4555 nrt / 9151 dwt
420.2 ft
54.4 ft
32.7 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
Diesel 2xM8cyl(600 x 1060mm) 7760bhp, 2 screws
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
British Tanker Co. Ltd., London
London
Other names
1940 EMPIRE DIPLOMAT
Subsequent owner and registration history
07/05/1940 Ministry of Shipping, later Min. of War Transport - British Tanker Co. Ltd.
Vessel history
1939 in service as a depot ship at Oran, returned to UK in 03/1940 for extensive repairs
06/05/1944 grounding damage, laid up at Newcastle
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1946
Broken Up
Disposal Detail
01/1946 broken up by Clayton & Davie at Dunston-on-Tyne.
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