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Hesperus - (1908-1914)
"Hesperus", was build in 1908.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
HESPERUS - 1908 GE 1T (aft) (11)
6,303 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg 428.0 x 54.8
Tanker build by Palmers' SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle (11) #801
laid down for Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London
Arrived Tocopilla, 12 Aug 1914, voy. San Francisco - Pisagua, subsequently transferred to U.S. flag
1914 - BRADFORD Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne, N.J. / New York USA 213126
1923 - ALDEN ANDERSON Associated Oil Co., San Francisco
Burned at Avon, Calif. (San Francisco Bay), 29 Oct 1924, and sank, part of her hull refloated and scrapped at Oakland.