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Ems - (1914-1914)
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The Miramar Ship Index for "EMS"
IDNo:
2212916
Year:
1914
Name:
EMS
Launch Date:
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
04.1914
Flag:
DEU
Keel:

DWT:
Yard No:
331
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
108.1
Country of build:
DEU
Beam:
15.2
Builder:
Seebeck
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Geestemunde
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-9.5

Subsequent History:
1914 POLARINE - 1941 ANTIOPE

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Spezia 28.10.55

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Main Owner
2212916
1914
EMS
4046
Deutsch-Am. Petrol
212916
2212916
1914
POLARINE
4046
1914
Standard Oil Co NJ.
2212916
1914
ANTIOPE
4046
1941
N. Konialidis

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

EMS - 1914   GE,  1T (aft),  (9 ¾)
4,046 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg,  354.6 x 50.0
Tanker built by G. Seebeck A.G., Geestemünde,  (4),  #331
arrived Philadelphia 6 Aug 1914 and subsequently transferred to U.S. flag
1914 - POLARINE, Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Perth Amboy / New York, US,  212916
1927 - Standard Shipping Co., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Polarine Fisheries, Inc., San Francisco   [Richmond Fisheries Co.]
1941 - ANTIOPE, Vapores, Ltda., Panama   [Stavros Niarchos]
1955 - s/o, Piraeus, GR
Broken up at La Spezia 1955 by Cantiere di Portovenere, arrived 28.10.55.