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Punta Benitez - (1928-1937)
See also : Esso Campana - (1938-1978)
Drawing of the "Esso Campana", build in 1928 as "Punta Benitez" for Lago Shipping Co., Ltd.
 
"Punta Benitez"  in fore ground and the whaler "Sir James Clark Ross" in the background.
   ( Photo thanks to Lago Colony web site )

The Miramar Ship Index for
PUNTA BENITEZ
ID/ IMO
5107085
Year
1928
Name
PUNTA BENITEZ
Flag
GBR
Owner
Lago Shipping Co., Ltd. (A. Weir & Co.), London, GBR.
Type
Tanker
Tons
2394
DWT
??
LOA
??
LPP
93.1
Beam
15.3
Dept
??
Draft
??
Mchy
2T-10.5
kW
??
Design
Tanker
Builder
Harland & Wolff, Ltd.
Yard
Belfast
Yard No
832
Built in
GBR
Keel
??
Launch
21.02.1928
Compl.
16.03.1928
History
1936 PUNTA BENITEZ - Lago Shipping Co., Ltd., London, GBR.
1937 CRIOLLO FIEL - Cia. Transportadora de Petroleos, S.A., Buenos Aires, Arg.
1938 ESSO CAMPANA - Cia. Transportadora de Petroleos, S.A., Buenos Aires, Arg.
1951 ESSO CAMPANA - Esso Transportadora de Petroleo, S.A., Buenos Aires, Arg.
1955 ESSO CAMPANA - Esso S. A. Petrolera Argentina, Buenos Aires, Arg.
1963 ESSO CAMPANA - Petromar Soc. Anon. de Nav. (Esso), Buenos Aires, Arg.
1971 ESSO CAMPANA - Esso S. A. Petrolera Argentina, Buenos Aires, Arg.
End
1978
Disposal Data
Scrapped Campana, Argentina 07.1978. [By Gurmendi S.A.]