Eleven drowned in ship collision
Eleven lives were lost from the crew of the racing windjammer "Melbourne", when the ship sank after a collision with the British tanker "Seminole", near the Fastnet lighthouse off the coast of Cork, Ireland.
The above photo shows the oil tanker "Seminole", owned by the Anglo-American Oil Company.
( Press date dJuly 7th 1932 )
|
IDNo:
|
1125910
|
Year:
|
1921
|
Name:
|
SEMINOLE
|
Keel:
|
|
Type:
|
Tanker
|
Launch Date:
|
11.12.1920
|
Flag:
|
GBR
|
Date of completion:
|
05.1921
|
Tons:
|
6923
|
Link:
|
-
|
DWT:
|
Yard No:
|
579
|
|
Length overall:
|
Ship Design:
|
||
LPP:
|
129.6
|
Country of build:
|
GBR
|
Beam:
|
17.4
|
Builder:
|
Vickers
|
Material of build:
|
Location of yard:
|
Barrow
|
|
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
|
2D-10.5
|
ON
|
LR/IMO
|
ID
|
Year
|
Name
|
Tons
|
Change
|
Registered Owner
|
125910
|
1125910
|
1921
|
SEMINOLE
|
6923
|
-
|
Anglo-American Oil
|