Name: | LE PROGRES |
Launched: | 30/04/1892 |
Completed: | 05/1892 |
Builder: | Sir WG Armstrong, Mitchell & Co Ltd, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 594 |
Dimensions: | 449grt, 205nrt, 164.0 x 27.0 x 13.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x C2cyl (16 & 30 x 18.5ins), 70nhp |
Engines By: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 155998 |
History: | |
1892 | Cie Universelle du Canal Maritime de Suez, Port Said |
1923 | Renamed LE PROGRES NO 119 |
1933 | Anglo-Persian Shipping & Trading Co Ltd; renamed LE PROGRES |
1935 | Tank Coasters (Progres) Ltd, Malta |
1937 | MR Ogdevin et al, Turkey |
1942 | German Kreigsmarine |
21/10/1942 | Sank |
Comments: | Specialist combined tanker and tug for use in the Suez Canal |
21/10/1942: Torpedoed by Russian submarine M35 off Sulina, Black Sea. |
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The Marine Engineer, June 1892