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Imperial Oil Shipping Co., Ltd.
Colombialite - (1929-1929)

"Colombialite", seen here as "Pawnee", built ib 1913.
Renamed as "John J. Hoff", in 1926 for the French Standard Co.
Sold in 1929 as "Colombialite" to Imperial Oil and sold in the same year to the
Dutch Kolonial Petroleum Co, renamed as "Soengie Serong".
Broken up at Shanghai in 1933.
Drawing by Karl-Heinz Schwadtke.
 
"Colombialite".

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

1913 - PAWNEE GE 1Q (aft) (9)
4,972 Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg 380.1 x 52.8
T. Palmers' SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle (9) #827
(10/14 - 18 Imperial German Naval requisition - water and heavy oil tanker A )
1919 - Belgian Government - Régie de la Marine, Antwerp BE
1920 - U. S. Gov't. Reparations Commission (Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, mgrs.), New York US
1926 - JOHN J. HOFF Soc. Auxiliaire de Transports, Rouen FR
1929 - COLOMBIALITE Imperial Oil, Ltd., London BR
1929 - SOENGEI GERONG N.V. Nederlandsche Koloniale Petroleum Mij., The Hague NE
Broken up at Shanghai, 1st quarter 1933, delivered Jan 1933.

The Miramar Ship Index for "PAWNEE"
IDNo:
1149769
Year:
1913
Name:
PAWNEE
Launch Date:
31.07.1913
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
09.1913
Flag:
DEU
Keel:

DWT:
Yard No:
827
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
115.8
Country of build:
UK
Beam:
16.1
Builder:
Palmers'
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Hebburn
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1Q-9

Owner as Completed:
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg

Subsequent History:
1926 JOHN J.HOFF - 1929 COLOMBIALITE - 1930 SOENGEI GERONG

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Shanghai 1th. quarter 1933.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Main Owner
1149769
1913
PAWNEE
4972
Deutsch-Am.Petrol.
1149769
1913
JOHN J.HOFF
4972
1926
Auxiliaire de Tpts.
149769
1149769
1913
COLOMBIALITE
4972
1929
Imperial Oil
1149769
1913
SOENGEI GERONG
4972
1930
Netherlands Colonial