Surinam
Ship Number
863
Vessel Type
Shallow Draft Tanker
Built
Belfast
Yard
East Yard
Slip Number
14
Launch Date
May 9, 1929
Delivered
May 29, 1929
Owner
Lago Shipping Co.
Weight
3046 grt
BP Length
325 feet
Breadth
55 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
10 knots
Propulsion
Triple expansion
Official No.
161241
Registered
London
Fate
Sank
Surinam

Two boilers fed steam to two sets of triple expansion engines. There was a long trunk deck  on which the bridge-house was constructed.
 
1933: (Standard Oil Company of Venezuela).
 
1943: (Cia de Petroleo Lago, Venezuela).
 
1954: Sold, converted to a barge, renamed Island Cypress (Island Tug & Barge Company Ltd., Vancouver, Canada).
 
14.10.1963: Broke in two and sank in gale off mouth of Quillayute River while in tow of tug Sudbury II (voyage
to Hoquiam, Washington-wood pulp liquid chemical).