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Standard-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd.
Voco (II) - (1936-1949)
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The Miramar Ship Index for "MOBILOIL"
IDNo:
1148653
Year:
1925
Name:
MOBILOIL
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
2q. 1925
Flag:
GBR
Date of completion:
08.1925

DWT:
Yard No:
407
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
120.2
Country of build:
GBR
Beam:
16.2
Builder:
Greenock DY
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Cartsdyke Mid
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-11.5

Subsequent History:
1936 VOCO - 1949 IONIAN EXPLORER

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Rosyth 09.02.1955.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Registered Owner
148653
1148653
1925
MOBILOIL
5090
Vacuum Oil Co.
148653
1148653
1925
VOCO
5090
1936
Vacuum Oil Co.
1148653
1925
IONIAN EXPLORER
5090
1949
Vergottis

Additional information :

MOBILOIL - (1925), built by : Greenock Dockyard Co Greenock, Yard No 407
Built: 1925, Ship Type: Tanker
Owner History: Vacuum Oil Company USA.

Additional information Starke & Schell registers :

MOBILOIL - 1925  BR     1T (aft)     (11½)
5,090 GRT for Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London    394.3 x 53.3
Tanker built by Greenock Dockyard Co., Ltd., Greenock   (8)     #407    148653
1936 - VOCO, s/o
1938 - Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., London
1941 - Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd., London
1949 - IONIAN EXPLORER   Cia. de Navegacion Cristobal, S.A., Panama [Vergottis, Ltd.], PA
Broken up at Rosyth 1955 by Shipbreaking Industries, Ltd., arrived 09.02.1955.