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Humble Oil & Refining Co., Inc.
Baytown - (1920-1925)
"Baytown" seen here as "Reginolite", was build in 1917. Humble Oil & Refining Co. Houston, TX U.SA.,
took her over in 1923 and she was sold in 1925 as "Luisiano" to Italy. Torpedoed by the RAF and lost in 1942.
 
"Baytown" a not so very sharp photo.

Additional Information :

The Miramar Ship Index for "REGINOLITE"
IDNo:
1138372
Year:
1917
Name:
REGINOLITE
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
21.06.1917
Flag:
CAN
Date of completion:
10.1917

Tons:
2631
Link:
-
DWT:
Yard No:
49
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
76.2
Country of build:
CAN
Beam:
13.3
Builder:
Collingwood SB Co.
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Collingwood
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-8

Subsequent History:
1920 BAYTOWN - 1925 LUISIANO

Disposal Data:
Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft, October 29, 1942, twenty miles from Navarino. [ Voyage Navarino-Benghazi ]

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
138372
1138372
1917
REGINOLITE
2631
Imperial Oil Co Ltd.
220590
1138372
1917
BAYTOWN
2631
1920
Humble Oil & Refining Co Inc.
1293
1138372
1917
LUISIANO
2631
1925
Soc Armatrice Italiana
1293
1138372
1917
LUISIANO
2631
1939
Ditta G.M.Barbagelata

Additional Information :

Registry & Rig Information
Vessel Name:
REGINOLITE
Nationality
CANADA
Official Number:
138372
Rig:
Propeller

Dimensions & Tonnage
Vessel Length:
250.00
Gross Tonnage:
2631.00
Vessel Width:
43.66
Net Tonnage:
1394.00
Vessel Height
23.42
Hull Material:
Steel
Masts:
Hull Number:
00049

Builder Information
Place of Build:
Collingwood, Ontario
Builder:
Collingwood Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Date of Build
1917

Name Changes
Vessel Name:
Date:
Registry
Official #
BAYTOWN
1923 - 1925
U.S.
220590
LUISIANO
1925 - 1942
ITALY

Ownership Changes
Owner Name
Date
Registry
Official #
Imperial Oil Co., Ltd.
Sarnia, Ont. Canada
1917 - 1923
CANADA
138372
Humble Oil & Refining Co.
Houston, TX U.S.
1923 - 1925
U.S.
220590
Societa Armatrice Italiana
Genoa, Italy
1925 - 1938
ITALY
Ditta G.M. Barbagelata
Genoa, Italy
1938 - 1942
ITALY

Rebuild History
U.S. measures, 1923 (250 x 43.66 x 23.5; 2630 gross - 1394 net). Tonnage change, 1933 (2552 gross - 1322 net). Tonnage change, 1926 (2555 gross - 1418 net).

Disposition
Torpedoed and sunk by British aircraft, October 29, 1942, twenty miles from Navarino.