An item reported that on 26 May the Dutch steam tanker Charlois of Rotterdam was hailed on 45 degrees North latitude and 39 degrees West longitude underway from Amsterdam towards Philadelphia.(1)
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1. Launched in December 1888 at the shipyard of Russell&Co., Greenock, England for account of the S.S. Charlois Co. Ltd. (=Hermann. Stursberg&Co.), New York, USA.
On 19 March 1917 sunk and torpedoed off the Norwegian coast by the German submarine U 59 underway from New York towards Rotterdam. Since 1891 Netherlands-flagged (N.V. American Petroleum Company of Rotterdam, the predecessor of ESSO). With a gross register tonnage of 2.744 tons, a net tonnage of 2.116 tons, a deadweight of 3.500 tons and as dimensions 94,5 x 11,94 x 767 (hold) metres.
