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Imperial Oil Shipping Co., Ltd.
Incalite - (1929-1933)
See also : Petroleine

 "Incalite" seen as "Pétroléine" at Port Arthur, Texas, USA..

"Pétroléine" of 6.300 Tons was build in 1908. Driven by steam engines and used coal as fuel.
"Pétroléine" was to be transformed later with a heating system for the fuel, and still had a long career.
Became "Incalite", in 1929 for ImperialOil Co. Sold for scrap in 1922 to Japan.

 
"Incalite" seen as "Pétroléine".
( Illustration by M. Mélissent )
 
"Incalite" seen as "Pétroléine".
 
"Incalite".

The Miramar Ship Index for "PETROLEINE"
IDNo:
1125445
Year:
1908
Name:
PETROLEINE
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
14.07.1908
Flag:
GBR
Date of completion:
23.10.1908

Tons:
4205
Link:
-
DWT:
Yard No:
169
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
106.8
Country of build:
GBR
Beam:
14.8
Builder:
Tyne Iron
Material of build:
is
Location of yard:
Willington Quay
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1T-10

Subsequent History:
1929 INCALITE

Disposal Data:
Scrapped in Osaka, Japan 05.1933.

History :
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
125445
1125445
1908
PETROLEINE
4205
Saxoleine SS Co Ltd.
1125445
1908
PETROLEINE
4205
1925
Fenaille & Despeaux
125445
1125445
1908
INCALITE
4205
1929
Imperial Oil Ltd.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

PETROLÉINE-1908     (steel & iron)        BR     1T (aft)     (11½*)
4,205 GRT for Saxoleine SS. Co., Ltd. (Hunting & Son), Newcastle      350.3 x 48.5
Tanker built by Tyne Iron SB. Co., Ltd., Newcastle,  (10)     #169, 125445
1925 - Fenaille & Despeaux (Soc. Auxiliaire de Transports), Rouen, FR
1929 - INCALITE,  Imperial Oil, Ltd., London   (Toronto, Ont.), BR
Broken up in Japan, 2nd quarter 1933 (delivered at Osaka)
(sold. Nagasaki 13.05.1933 for Shimotsu).