Ambrosio
Ship Number
746
Vessel Type
Shallow Draft Tanker
Built
Belfast
Yard
East Yard
Slip Number
11
Launch Date
June 3, 1926
Delivered
July 7, 1926
Owner
Lago Shipping Co.
Weight
2391 grt
BP Length
305 feet
Breadth
50 feet
No. of Screws
Twin
Speed (approx)
9 knots
Propulsion
Two sets of triple expansion engines
Official No.
148783
Registered
London
Fate
Wrecked
Ambrosio

Two boilers fed steam to two sets of triple expansion engines. There was a long trunk deck on which the bridge-house was constructed.
 
1947: (Esso Transportation Co.).
 
1950: (Trinidad Shipping Co. Ltd.).
 
1959: (Challenger Ltd., Bermuda).
 
1960: Converted to an ore carrier, oil engines fitted (length 328 feet oa, 2,959 gt, 3,149 tdw).
 
1963: (Union Carbide Corp., (Ortran Ltd., British flag)).
 
1968: (Government of Guyana).
 
1975: Out of service, laid up Essequibo River, Georgetown. Intended to be beached and converted to a maritime training school.
 
1976: Engine removed.
 
Reported sold to local shipbreakers, but in October, 1980 the wreck of vessel reported still lying in position 06.49N 58.1 1W.