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Seminole (2) - (1921-1936)
"Seminole (2)".The second "Seminole", 6,923 BRT, was build in 1921 by Vickers Ltd., Barrow. She was a sister of the "Narragansett (II)".
Measurements : 425 Feet length x 57 Feet breadth.
Engines : 2 Oil twin. Twin screws.
3.1936 : Sold for breaking up "as lies" at Belfast.
"Seminole (2)".
"Seminole (2)".
( Photo Copyright A. Duncan )
"Seminole (2)".
"Seminole (2)".
( Newspaper photo )
Text with phto :
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 )
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Additional Information from the Starke & Schell Ships-registers ;
SEMINOLE - 1921 BR 2M (aft) (10½)
6,923 GRT for Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., Barrow 425.2 x 57.0
Tanker build by Vickers, Ltd., Barrow (5) #579 125910
Broken up at Barrow 1936 by T. W. Ward, Ltd.,
arrived 14.2.1936.
The Miramar Ship Index for "SEMINOLE"
IDNo:
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1125910
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Year:
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1921
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Name:
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SEMINOLE
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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11.12.1920
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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05.1921
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Tons:
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6923
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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579
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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129.6
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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17.4
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Builder:
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Vickers
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Barrow
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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2D-10.5
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Subsequent History:
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Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Barrow 14.02.1936. ( By T. W. Ward, Ltd. )
History:
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Registered Owner
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125910
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1125910
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1921
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SEMINOLE
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6923
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Anglo-American Oil
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