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Platuria - (1914-1917)
"Platuria" was build in 1892 as "Diamant".
As "Diamant" in Rotterdam 1914, before taken ove by Standard Oil Company (New Jersey).
The Miramar Ship Index for "DIAMANT"
IDNo:
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2212627
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Year:
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1892
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Name:
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DIAMANT
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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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24.05.1892
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Flag:
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DEU
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Date of completion:
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1892
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Tons:
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3445
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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591
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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100.2
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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13.1
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Builder:
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Armstrong Mitchell
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Low Walker
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-10
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Subsequent History:
1914 PLATURIA
Disposal Data:
Torp. and sunk by U 63, 35.08 N / 9.15 W on 15.09.1917. [ Voyage Genoa - New York ]
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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2212627
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1892
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DIAMANT
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3445
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Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges.
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212627
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2212627
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1892
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PLATURIA
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3445
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1914
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Standard Oil Co (New Jersey)
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
DIAMANT - 1892 GE 1Triple (aft) (10)
3,445 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg 328.6 x 43.0
Tanker build by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Ltd., Newcastle (7) #591
arr. New York 2 Aug 1914 from Rotterdam, subsequently transferred
1914 - PLATURIA, Standard Oil Company (New Jersey), New York, USA 212627
Torpedoed and sunk by U 63, 15 Sep 1917, off Tangier, in 35.08 N - 09.15 W, voyage Genoa - New York.