SIR RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name ROSELEAF (laid down as RONA, launched as CALIFOL)
Type Tanker
Yard Number 594
Launched 02/05/1916
Completed 07/1916
Off. Number 137158
Engine builder North East Marine Engineering, Newcastle
Engine type T. 3cyl., aft
GRT 6572
Length (feet) 400
Beam (feet) 54.1
First owner Laid down for Colonial Sugar Refining Co. Ltd. as a dry cargo vessel, launched for Admiralty account, completed for The Shipping Controller (Lane & Macandrew Ltd.), London
History 1920 BRITISH ROSE, British Tanker Co. Ltd., London
1930 PORTOFINO, 'La Riviera' Soc. Anon. di Nav., Genova
   
Fate 06/11/1942 set on fire and sunk in an air attack at Benghazi.

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