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Buffalo - (1909-1914)
"Buffalo" was build in 1909 for the DAPG.
Sold in 1914 as "Tacoma" to Tank Storage & Carriage Co., Ltd., Shanghai.
Sold in 1916 to Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong.
Scrapped in 1933 at Osaka, Japan.

Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :

BUFFALO - 1909    GE     1Q     (11)
6,631 GRT for Deutsch-Amerik. Petroleum Ges., Hamburg     440.0 x 58.4
Tanker build by Flensburger Schiffsbau Ges., Flensburg      (3)     #286
1914 - TACOMA,Tank Storage & Carriage Co., Ltd., Shanghai, BR   135832
1916 - Standard Transportation Co., Ltd., Hong Kong
Broken up in Japan 1933, arr. Osaka 25.10.1933.

The Miramar Ship Index for "BUFFALO"
IDNo:
1135832
Year:
1909
Name:
BUFFALO
Launch Date:
06.02.1909
Type:
Tanker
Date of completion:
03.1909
Flag:
DEU
Keel:

DWT:
Yard No:
286
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
134.1
Country of build:
GER
Beam:
17.8
Builder:
Flensburger
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Flensburg
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1Q-11

Owner as Completed:
Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Ges., Hamburg

Subsequent History:
1914 TACOMA

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Osaka 25.10.1933.

ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Name change
Main Owner
1135832
1909
BUFFALO
6631
Deutsch-Am.Petrol.
135832
1135832
1909
TACOMA
6631
1914
Tank Storage & Co.