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Other name(s): Imperial; Impoco

Ship owner: Anglo-American Oil Co.; Imperial Oil Co., Ltd.; Mineral Oils Corporation

Ship builder: Tyne Iron Ship Building Co., Willington Quay-on-Tyne, England

Engine builder: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co., Northumberland, Wallsend-on-Tyne, England

Year ship built: 1898

Year engine built: 1898

Final disposition: Scrapped, Victoria, British Columbia, 1939.

Notes:

Ship's bell now kept in Imperial Oil Company headquarters in Toronto.  Launched January 22, 1989.  To west coast 1922 under tow of Albertolite in July.

Remarks:

Names:

b) Imperial (1903)

c) Impoco (1938)

Owners:

1) Mineral Oils Corp. Ltd, London, England

2) Anglo-American Oil Co. (1901)

3) Imperial Oil Co. (1909)

Registry number: BR. 108346

Hull number: 117

Vessel type: Tanker

Height: 14

Width: 32

Length: 200

Stroke length: 30

Gross tonnage: 796

Net tonnage: 412

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Triple expansion

Piston 1: 17

Piston 2: 26

Piston 3: 45

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