Courtesy/© John Clarkson
British Chancellor, ON 146197, Call Sign KLGQ. Launched 4.8.1921 for the British Tanker Co. Ltd. by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Sunderland, from their Deptford Yard, Yard No: 681. Completed December 1921. GRT 7,086, LBP 440' 3½", Breadth 57' 1¼". Powered by 2 steam turbines, 1 HP & 1 LP, double reduction geared to a single screw shaft. Operating at 200 p.s.i.; 3,220 shp, 3 single ended boilers, 12 corrugated furnaces, forced draught. Engine built by G. Clark & Co. Ltd., Sunderland. Service speed 10 knots. Tanks: 10 main cargo tanks with 5 summer tanks each side connected by expansion trunking. Single pump room housing 2 x steam reciprocating pumps, max. discharge 800 t.w./hr. |
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