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Date recorded as the time of writing.

Date of document

08/12/1948

The year in which a vessel’s construction is completed.

Year of ship completion

1928

Unique identifier for a given ship, it is assigned by a builder.

Yard no

988

The country in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Country of build

United Kingdom

Official administrative title (often printed) of a record used by Lloyd’s Register or external organisations.

Document identity

Report of Total Loss, Casualty, &c./ Wreck reports

The individual and/or organisation listed

Ship owner

Compania Transportadora de Petroleos Soc Anon

A vessel’s means of propulsion.

Propulsion

Steam

Predominant material(s) utilised in a vessel’s construction.

Material of construction

Steel

A ship’s total internal volume in ‘register tons’ (replaced by gross tonnage post 1982).

Gross Register Tonnage

3109

Location of construction for a vessel’s engines.

Location of engine build

Newcastle

Date in which construction of a vessel’s engines were completed.

Year of engine build

1928

Confirmation as to whether the vessel was equipped with refrigeration machinery to aid in the transport of frozen or chilled cargo/goods.

Refrigeration machinery fitted for cargo purposes?

No

Does the vessel possess an auxiliary power source?

Auxillary

No

Is electric lighting fitted to the vessel?

Electric light fitted?

No

Used to indicate the capability of early reciprocating steam engines, based on dimensions rather than performance. It is not a true indication of actual engine power.

Horsepower nominal

288

Contextual information related to the reasons of the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Circumstances of loss or disposal

She exploded and sank after being struck by lightning.

Vessel’s place of loss or disposal/last known recorded location.

Place of ship loss

Campana

Recorded date for the vessel’s loss or disposal.

Date of loss, disposal or incident

09/01/1950

Physical extent of a record.

Number of parts

1

Name of ship as recorded on the record

Ship name

Esso Salta - 1938

The process of transferring a vessel to water, but not necessarily her completion.

Launch Date

10/06/1930

The port or place in which the vessel’s construction took place, at the time of writing.

Place of build

Hebburn-on-Tyne

Unique internal numbers used for identifying, referring and retrieving a specific survey report.

Survey number

13300

Records that constitute Lloyd’s Register’s first official encounters with a specific vessel, e.g. a survey report.

First entry?

N

Broad categories and subdivisions of vessels related to their purpose or function.

Ship type

Tanker

Type of fuel used onboard a vessel.

Fuel

Steam - Oil

Is the steamer assisted by sail?

Sail assisted steamer

No

Tonnage derived by deducting from the gross register tonnage the capacity that in unavailable for cargo, e.g. machinery space, fuel, crew accommodation etc.

Net Register Tonnage

1772

The country, at the time of writing, where a vessel’s engines were constructed.

Country of engine build

United Kingdom

Engine builder as written

Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd

Is machinery fitted at the aft of the vessel?

Machinery aft?

No

Generally a smaller additional auxiliary boiler (often used while the vessel is at port).

Is a donkey boiler fitted?

No

Name of the Proving House responsible for the public testing and certification of a vessel’s anchors and/or chain cables.

Lloyd's Proving House?

No

The official record pronounced by the Committee

Loss or disposal

Wrecked

Number of lives lost

3

The country or national waters where a vessel is lost/disposed of, or last recorded.

Country of loss or disposal

Argentina

Recorded information relating the specific cargo being conveyed.

Cargo

petroleum

Pertinent, useful or interesting recorded content.

Notes - interesting informations

Wreck report. She exploded and sank after being struck by lightning at Campana, Argentine, on the 25th September 1948. There are 2 newspaper cuttings reporting the incident. It is reported that windows were shattered over a wide area and the ship's propeller hurled 500 yards.

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