SS Dordogne
Steam-powered oil tanker that served the French Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
SS Dordogne was a steam-powered oil tanker that served the French Navy.[1] She was formerly a British merchant ship, SS San Isidoro, of the Eagle Oil Transport Company.
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United Kingdom; France | |
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Builder | Armstrong Whitworth[3][4] |
Yard number | 852[2] |
Launched | 17 December 1913[3] |
Completed | March 1914 |
Identification | Official number 1136646 |
Fate | Scuttled 18 June 1940[3] |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oil tanker |
Tonnage | 12,500 DWT[5] |
Displacement | 7,333 tons [5] |
Length | 530 ft (160 m)[5] |
Beam | 66 ft 6 in (20.27 m)[5] |
Draught | 29 ft (8.8 m)[5] |
Installed power | 4,100 IHP[5] |
Propulsion | single shaft driven by steam engine with two boilers[5] |
Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph)[5] |
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