SS Monagas
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Venezuela | |
| Name | Monagas |
| Owner | Mene Grande Oil Co CA |
| Port of registry |  Maracaibo, Venezuela |
| Builder | Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. |
| Yard number | 974 |
| Launched | 15 July 1927 |
| Completed | August 1927 |
| Fate | Torpedoed and sunk 16 February 1942 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Tanker |
| Tonnage | 2,650 GRT |
| Length | 93.1 m (305 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 15.3 m (50 ft 2 in) |
| Depth | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
| Installed power | 2 × 3 cyl. triple expansion engines |
| Propulsion | Double screw propellers |
| Speed | 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) |
| Crew | 31 |
SS Monagas was a Venezuelan tanker that was torpedoed by the German submarine U-502 in the Gulf of Venezuela 12 nautical miles (22 km) west of Punta Macolla on 16 February 1942 while she was travelling from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Aruba while carrying a cargo of oil products.[1]
Monagas was built at the Palmer's Shipbuilding & Iron Co. Ltd. shipyard in Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom in August 1927, where she was launched and completed that same year. The ship was 93.1 metres (305 ft 5 in) long, had a beam of 15.3 metres (50 ft 2 in) and had a depth of 5 metres (16 ft 5 in). She was assessed at 2,650 gross register tons (GRT) and had two 3-cylinder triple expansion engines driving two screw propellers. The ship could generate 212 nominal horsepower with a speed of 9 knots (17 km/h; 10 mph) thanks to her two boilers.[1]
