Monfalcone Yard, Italy. In 1953 she became the "Stanvac Nairobie".
8 Nov 1940: the tanker "James J. Macquire", having hit a mine in the Thames Estuary, being taken to dry dock for repair.
"Cargo carrying capacity 15,000 tons aviation spirit. Owned by Standard Oil of New Jersey. Registered Hong Kong.
Commandeered at outbreak of the war and placed under Esso, England.
to another Esso tanker, the m.v. Voco, for voyage back across the Atlantic to load cargo at the New Jersey refinery."
"James J. Maguire" at Lytteltons Oil Wharf, probably in the 1940's.