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Tonawanda - (1901-1924)
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The Miramar Ship Index for "LUCIGEN"
IDNo:
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1102107
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Year:
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1893
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Name:
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LUCIGEN
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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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15.06.1993
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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08.1993
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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606
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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100.6
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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13.0
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Builder:
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Armstrong Mitchell
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Low Walker
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-10
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Subsequent History:
1901 TONAWANDA
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Llanelly 18.04.1924.
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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102107
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1102107
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1893
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LUCIGEN
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3416
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H.E. Moss & Co.
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102107
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1102107
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1893
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TONAWANDA
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3416
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1901
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Anglo-American Oil
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
LUCIGEN - 1893, BR, 1T (aft), (10)
3,416 GRT built for Lucigen SS. Co., Ltd. (H. E. Moss & Co.), Liverpool, 330.0 x 42.7
Tanker built by Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Ltd., Newcastle, (8), #606, 102107
1901 - TONAWANDA, Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London
Broken up at Llanelly 1924, arrived 18.04.1924
Additional Information from TYNE BUILT SHIPS
Name:
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LUCIGEN
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launched:
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15/06/1893
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Completed:
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08/1893
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Builder:
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Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd
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Yard:
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Low Walker
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Yard Number:
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606
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Dimensions:
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3416grt, 2183nrt, 330.0 x 42.7 x 28.4ft
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Engines:
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T3cyl (24, 40 & 64 x 48ins), 284nhp
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Engines by:
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Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
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Propulsion:
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1 x Screw
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Construction:
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Steel
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Reg Number:
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102107
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History:
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08/1893
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Lucigen SS Co Ltd (HE Moss & Co), Liverpool
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1901
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Anglo-American Oil Co Ltd, London; renamed TONAWANDA
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18/04/1924
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Broken up
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Comments:
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18/04/1924: Arrived for breaking up at Llanelly
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Additional Information from U-Boatnet :
Tonawanda
Name
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Tonawanda
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Ex Name
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Lucigen - 1901
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Type
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Tanker
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GRT
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3,421 tons
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Country
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British
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Built
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1893
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Builder
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Armstrong, Mitchell & Co., Ltd., Newcastle
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Operator
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Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London
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History
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See above
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U-boat attacks on Tanker Tonawanda :
Date
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U-boat
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Loss type
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Position
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Location
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Route
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Cargo
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Casualties
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1
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2 Jun 1917
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UC 21 (Reinhold Saltzwedel)
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Damaged
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Torpedoed 10 miles W of Beachy Head
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English Channel
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Dover - Maryport
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in ballast
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0
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