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Toorak - (1934-1949)
See also : Voco (1) - (1927-1933)
The "Toorak" was built in 1927 as "Voco". Became in 1934 "Toorak". Sold as "Omiros" in 1949. Scrapped in Hamburh in 1961.( Photo thanks to Michael Pryce )
"Toorak".
( Photo thanks to Michael Pryce )
"Omiros", ex. "Toorak", ex. "Voco".( Photo thanks to Michael Pryce )
Additional information Starke & Schell registers :
VOCO - 1927 BR 1T (aft) (11)
8,627 GRT for Vacuum Oil Co., Ltd., London, 460.0 x 62.8
Tanker built by Lithgows, Ltd., Port Glasgow, (12), #803, 149960
1933 - Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
1934 - TOORAK, s/o
1941 - Socony-Vacuum Transportation Co., Ltd., London
01-16-1942 Torpedoed but repaired.
1949 - OMIROS, Soc. Maritima Miraflores, Ltda., Puerto Cortes [A. S. Onassis], HO
Broken up at Hamburg 1961 by Eckhardt & Co.,
delivered 2/61 - scrapped 3rd quarter 1961.
The Miramar Ship Index for "VOCO"
IDNo:
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1149960
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Year:
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1927
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Name:
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VOCO
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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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17.10.1927
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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12.1927
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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803
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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140.2
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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19.1
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Builder:
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Lithgows
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Port Glasgow
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1T-11
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Subsequent History:
1934 TOORAK - 1949 OMIROS
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Hamburg Febr. 1961.
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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Name change
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Registered Owner
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149960
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1149960
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1927
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VOCO
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8627
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Vacuum Oil Co.
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149960
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1149960
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1927
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TOORAK
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8627
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1934
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Standard Tptn Co.
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1149960
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1927
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OMIROS
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8627
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1949
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A.S. Onassis
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Additional information from Uboat.net :
Toorak - British Steam tanker
Name
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Toorak
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Type:
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Steam tanker
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Tonnage
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8,627 tons
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Completed
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1927 - Lithgows Ltd, Port Glasgow
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Owner
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Socony Vacuum Transportation Co Ltd, Montreal
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Homeport
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London
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Date of attack
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16 Jan 1942
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Nationality: British
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- See location on a map -
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Fate
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Damaged by U-86 (Walter Schug)
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Position
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47.54N, 52.11W - Grid BB 6362
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Complement
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51 (0 dead and 51 survivors).
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Convoy
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ON-52 (dispersed)
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Route
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Coryton - Halifax
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Cargo
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Ballast
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History
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Built as Voco, 1934 renamed Toorak
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Notes on loss
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At 13.58 hours on 16 Jan, 1942, U-86 fired a spread of two torpedoes at Toorak, dispersed from convoy ON-52, and heard one detonation before loosing the ship in heavy snowfall. The Germans managed to locate the tanker again after about one hour, but missed her with two torpedoes at 15.11 and 15.34 hours and gave up the chase because every attack had been evaded and the distress signals alerted the nearby coast.
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