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W.C. Teagle - (1917-1941)
See also the story : ONLY ONE SURVIVOR
See for vessel details below.
"W. C. Teagle".
Tanker was named after :
Walter Clark Teagle
Name:
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W. C. Teagle
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Class:
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-
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IMO No.:
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-
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Ex:
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-
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Cubic:
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18.732
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Built:
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1917
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Type
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Tanker
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Draft:
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8.69
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Status:
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Torpedoed and sunk in 1941
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SubType:
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Product
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LOA:
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157.45/152.40
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Flag:
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Panama
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DWT:
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16.080
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Beam:
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20.73
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Builder:
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Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp. Ltd., Sparrows Point, Md.
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GT:
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-
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Depth:
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11.67
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Owner:
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Panama Transport Comp.
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NT:
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-
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Speed/Cons:
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9.5/-
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Engine type:
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2 x Triple Expansion Engines 3000 IHP
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Sistership is the H. M. Flagler.
Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
1917 - W.C. TEAGLE USA 2T (aft) (10½)
10,678 GRT for Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey), Bayonne, N.J. 499.1 x 68.2
Tanker build by Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrow's Point, Md. (7) #159 215284
1927 - Standard Shipping Co., Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1935 - Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, Inc., Wilmington, Del.
1940 - Panama Transport Co., Panama PA
1941 - s/o (Anglo-American Petroleum Co., Ltd., mgrs.), London BR
Torp. and sunk by U 558, 17 Oct 1941, in abt. 57N-25W, voy. Aruba via Sydney, N.S. - Swansea, fuel oil.
Additional information from Uboat.net :
Name: W.C. Teagle
Type: Steam tanker
Tonnage: 9.552 tons
Completed: 1917
Owner: Panama Transport Co (Anglo-American Oil Co), London
Homeport: London
Date of attack: 17 Oct, 1941
Nationality: British
Fate: Sunk by U-558 (Günther Krech)
Position: 57N, 27W - Grid AL 1966
- See location on a map -
Complement: ? men (? dead and ? survivors).
Convoy: SC-48
Route: -
Cargo: -
History: -
Notes on loss: SC 48 (Pos.:103)