Tecumseh
LOA 457‘ Beam 58'5" Depth 33‘ ex NIAGARA-1908 10.860DWT 71,430 bblls ex TUSCAHOHA-1915
Quadruple expansion engine 54" stroke
Built 1908 at Flensburg Shipbuilding, Germany, as NIAGARA. Acquired by Socony as a consequence of the 1911 dissolution. Renamed TUSCARORA in September 1914, but since this was evidently in conflict with Anglo-Americans use of that name, TUSCARORA was changed again to TECUMSEH in March 1915.
The Indian Tecumseh was a celebrated Shawnee chief who fought and died for the British in the War of 1812.
TECUMSEH was a flush-deck tanker with engine and stack amidships, and a ‘tween deck for the carriage of case oil and general cargo. She was a coalburner to begin with, later intechangeable with oil, still later oil exclusively. TECUMSEH was cornrnandierd by the British Admiralty in 1915 for WW1 service, but returned to Socony a year later. The Admiralty chartered her backhaul cargoes from the Far East for the remainder of the war. Her career was suddenly brought to an end by the hazards of the sea.
She grounded on Lourenco Marques reef off Mozambique, on the east coast of Africa. She was pounded hy the breakers and abandoned as inrecoverable in November 1932.
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IDNo:
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1135829
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Year:
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1908
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Name:
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NIAGARA
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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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02.06.1908
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Flag:
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DEU
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Date of completion:
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07.1908
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Tons:
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6655
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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10860
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Yard No:
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277
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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134.1
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Country of build:
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DEU
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Beam:
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17.8
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Builder:
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Flensburger
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Flensburg
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1Q-11
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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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1135829
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1908
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NIAGARA
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6655
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Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges.
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135829
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1135829
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1908
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TUSCARORA
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6655
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1914
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Tank Storage & Carriage Co Ltd.
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135829
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1135829
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1908
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TECUMSEH
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6655
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1915
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Tank Storage & Carriage Co Ltd.
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135829
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1135829
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1908
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TECUMSEH
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6655
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1916
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Standard Tptn Co Ltd.
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