Inverrosa
Ship Number
700
Vessel Type
Shallow Draft Tanker
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
5
Launch Date
March 26, 1925
Delivered
April 24, 1925
Owner
Lago Shipping Co.
Weight
2372 grt
BP Length
305 feet
Breadth
50 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
9 knots
Propulsion
2 sets of triple expansion engines
Official No.
148577
Registered
London
Fate
Scrapped
Inverrosa

Two boilers fed steam to two sets of triple expansion engines. There was a long trunk deck on which the bridge-house was constructed.
 
1947: (Esso Transportation Co.).
 
1949: (Trinidad Shipping Co. Ltd.).
 
1959: (Challenger Ltd., Bermuda).
 
1962: Converted to ore carrier, Oil engines fitted (length 328 feet OA, 2,953 GT, 3,106 TDW).
 
1963: (Union Carbide Corp. (Ortran Ltd., British flag)).
 
8th May, 1968: Damaged by stranding off Boca Ralon, Florida.
 
23rd May, 1968: Refloated, laid up at Jacksonville.
 
December 1971: Sold at public auction.
 
Towed to Tampico  in January 1973 and scrapped.