SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK

Name POSEIDON
Type Cased oil carrier
Yard Number 574
Launched 09/04/1914
Completed 09/1914
Off. Number  
Engine builder Werkspoor, Amsterdam
Engine type 4 S.C.SA 4 cyl, aft, twin screw
GRT 617
Length (feet) 185.3
Beam (feet) 30.5
First owner N.V. Nederlandsche Indische Tank Stoomboot Mij., Batavia
   
History 1918 U.S. Government requisition under U.S. flag
  1919 returned to owners
  06/03/1942 set on fire at Tjilatjap and sank, refloated by Japanese forces 08/08/1943
  1943 HOSEI MARU, Japanese Government
   
Fate 10/04/1945 shelled and sunk by Dutch submarine O.19 in the Sunda Strait, 05.25S 106.39E.

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