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Delphin - (1913-1914)
"Delphin".
(Drawing by Karl-Heinz Schwadtke)

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

DELPHIN - 1913       GE       1Q (aft)     (10)
7,129 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg      449.6 x 50.1
Tanker build by Akt. Ges. "Neptun", Rostock     (12)     #332
Arrived at Norfolk, 16 Aug 1914, voyage Hamburg - Baton Rouge, transferred to U.S. flag
1914 - ARDMORE   Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, New York      US      212964
1924 - Ardmore SS. Co., Inc. (C. D. Mallory & Co., Inc.), Wilmington, Del.
1941 - Farr Shipping & Operating Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1943 - Bessemer Trust Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1946 - YUNG CHENG   China Merchants' Steam Navigation Co., Shanghai       CS
1948 - China Tanker Co., Ltd., Shanghai / Kaohsiung     TW - 49
Broken up at Keelung, 4th quarter 1950.
 "Ardmore", ex. "Delphin" location and date unknown.
(Photo Copyright E. P. Griffith)
 "Ardmore", ex. "Delphin" inbound September 13th, 1942.
(Photo US Coast Guard)
 "Ardmore", ex. "Delphin" aanchored October 14th, 1943.
(Photo US Coast Guard)