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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
WAR SINGER |
142457 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1918 |
27/05/1918 |
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Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Tanker Oil
| Steel Screw Steamer |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
387 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
5083 grt / 3058 nrt / |
400.8 ft |
52.3 ft |
28.5 ft |
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Engine builder |
David Rowan & Co., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
1-screw. T3Cyl. (27, 44 & 77 - 48)in. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
The Shipping Controller - Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London |
London |
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Other names |
1921 AKERA - 1939 MEDICEO |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1919 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co. Ltd., London 1927 D/S A/S Akera - J. W. Prebensen, Risor 1932 Skibs A/S Garm - Prebensen & Blakstad, Risor 1939 Ditta Marino Querci, Genoa 09/1943 seized by German forces 1943 Mittelmeer Reederei GmbH |
Vessel history |
Fitted with cylindrical tanks 1939 converted to dry cargo vessel |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1945 |
Bombed 31/01/1945 |
Disposal Detail |
Bombed and sunk by British aircraft in Foce del Tagliamento on passage Venice for Trieste. (Italian list has her as mined) |
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Akera
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Galleries
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