An item reported that the British steam tanker Absia
of the Anglo Saxon Petroleum Company Limited at London,
England was handed over to
the sister company La Corona at The Hague, Netherlands
and on short notice to be Netherlands-flagged. Seven more ships of similar size
were to follow her all keeping their original names. The Absia of 5.218 gross
and 3.170 net tons was built in 1918 at Harland&Wolff Limited of Glasgow.
