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Juniata - (1934-1936)
See also : Juniata ( Anglo AmericanOil Co )
Build as "Sprucol" in 1918 by Short Bros., Ltd., Sunderland.
"Juniata" ex. "Sprucol".(Photo thanks to Michael Pryce)
The Miramar Ship Index for "SPRUCOL"
IDNo:
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1142289
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Year:
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1918
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Name:
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SPRUCOL
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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04.07.1917
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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01.1918
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Ton:
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1137
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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411
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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64.0
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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10.6
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Builder:
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Short Bros.
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Pallion
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2D-9.5
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|
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Subsequent History:
1918 Launched & built as SPRUCO - 1920 JUNIATA
Disposal Data:
Scuttled Water Sound, Scapa Flow 17.04.1940.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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142289
|
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1142289
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1918
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SPRUCOL
|
1137
|
|
Royal Navy
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142289
|
|
1142289
|
1918
|
JUNIATA
|
1137
|
1920
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Anglo-American Oil
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142289
|
|
114289
|
1918
|
JUNIATA
|
1137
|
1934
|
Ste. Auxiliaire de Tr.
|
142289
|
|
112289
|
1918
|
JUNIATA
|
1137
|
1936
|
Anglo-American Oil
|
Additional information :
JUNIATA( 1934-1936)
1139 g. 278 n. 1460 d.; 63.84 x 10.57 x 5.04 meters.
Two 4 cyl. 4S.C.SA. oil engines of 388 NHP driving twin screws by J. & C.G. Bolinders Co. Ltd., Stockholm. 7 knots.
01.1918 : completed by Short Bros. Ld. (411), Sunderland as SPRUCOL for unknown owners.
Prior 1924 : sold to Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd. (J. Hamilton), London, U.K. and renamed JUNIATA.
07.1934 : purchased by Ste. Auxiliaire de Transports.
1936 : resold to Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd. (F.J. Wolfe), London, U.K..
1940 : scuttled as blockship at Scapa Flow.
06.1949 : salved and beached at Water Sound, Orkney then sold for demolition.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
SPRUCOL BR 2M (aft) (9½)
1,137 GRT for The Admiralty, London, 210.0 x 34.8
Tanker build by Short Bros., Ltd., Sunderland, (1) , #411, 142289
1920 - JUNIATA, Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London
Requisitioned by the Royal Navy and sunk as a blockship in Water Sound, Scapa Flow, 17 April 1940,
refloated July 1949 for scrapping but apparently beached in Inganess Bay as her condition would not permit towing.