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Oriental Tankers Ltd. (Standard Transp. Co. Ltd.), Hong Kong
Eclipse - (1931-1950)
"Eclipse" was build in 1931.

Additional information Starke & Schell registers :

ECLIPSE - 1931       BR     1Q (aft)     (11)
9,767 Grt for Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong     484.7 x 66.0
Tanker build by Scotts' SB. & Eng. Co., Ltd., Greenock     (8)     #553       154063
1940 - Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd., London
1950 - IONIAN SKIPPER   Cia. de Navegacion Cristobal, S.A., Panama  [Vergottis, Ltd.]      PA
Broken up in Japan 1954,  arr. Yokohama 6.5.1954.

Additional information from Uboat.net :

Name: Eclipse
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 9.767 tons
Completed: 1931 - Scott´s Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Greenock
Owner: Standard Transportation Co Ltd, Hong Kong
Homeport: Hong Kong
Date of attack: 4 May, 1942
Nationality: British
Fate: Damaged by U-564 (Reinhard Suhren)
Position: 26.30N, 80.00W - Grid DM 2318
- See location on a map -
Complement: ? men (2 dead and ? survivors).
Convoy: -
Route: -
Cargo: -
History:
Notes on loss:
At 19.04 hours on 4 May, 1942, U-564 torpedoed the Eclipse and observed the tanker grounded by
the stern, but the ship was later salvaged.