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Ule - (1934-1954)
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Ule     5.1929     3,046 Gt
1932: (Standard Oil Co. of Venezuela).
1934: (Lago Shipping Co. Ltd.).
1935: (Standard Oil Co. of Venezuela).
1943: (Cia de Petroleo Lago, Venezuela).
1954: Sold, converted to a log-carrying barge, renamed Island Balsam (Island Tug & Barge Co. Ltd., Vancouver, Canada).

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

ULÉ - 1929    BR    2 Triple (aft)     (10)
3,046 GRT for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London     325.0 x 55.2
Taker built by Harland & Wolff, Ltd., Belfast     (5)     #862     161239
1933 - Standard Oil Co. of Venezuela, Maracaibo    VE
1947 - Cia. de Petroleo Lago, Maracaibo
1955 - barge ISLAND BALSAM   Island Tug & Barge, Ltd., Victoria, B.C.  - conv. log barge    CA
1969 - NAHAT II   Goodwin Johnson (1960), Ltd., Vancouver
Subsequently sunk in breakwater in Queen Charlotte Island, British Columbia.