MV Dromus (1938)
MV Dromus was a 1930s British oil tanker owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, a British subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. She was launched in September 1938 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast in Northern Ireland. She was one of a class of 20 similar tankers built for Anglo-Saxon. In 1951 Dromus suffered an explosion and fire that killed 22 of her crew and five oil terminal staff, after which she was extensively repaired. In 1958 she rescued 24 members of the crew of a British tanker that had been sunk by the CIA. Shell retired Dromus from service in 1962 and she was scrapped that year.
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MV Dromus (1938)
MV Dromus was a 1930s British oil tanker owned by Anglo-Saxon Petroleum, a British subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell. She was launched in September 1938 by Harland and Wolff at Belfast in Northern Ireland. She was one of a class of 20 similar tankers built for Anglo-Saxon. In 1951 Dromus suffered an explosion and fire that killed 22 of her crew and five oil terminal staff, after which she was extensively repaired. In 1958 she rescued 24 members of the crew of a British tanker that had been sunk by the CIA. Shell retired Dromus from service in 1962 and she was scrapped that year.
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MV Dromus was a 1930s British ...... nd she was scrapped that year.
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1,4191488e+2
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1,81356e+1
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Scrapped 1962 atYokosuka, Japan
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36.670.297
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719.003.909
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United Kingdom
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*call sign GQGB
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Ship launched
September 1938
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*The dromedary naiad,
*Dromus dromas
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MV Dromus was a 1930s British ...... nd she was scrapped that year.
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MV Dromus (1938)
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Dromus
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