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Name: ABBEYDALE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 28/12/1936
Completed: 03/1937
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1506
Dimensions: 8299grt, 4936nrt, 466.3 x 61.9 x 33.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (600 x 2500mm), 687nhp
Engines by: Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Reg Number: 165409
History:
25/02/1937 The Admiralty, London
04/09/1960 Broken up
Comments: Ordered by the British Tanker Co but taken over by the Admiralty
04/09/1960: Arrived at Barrow-in-Furness for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo is coyright of the Imperial War Museum

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Nottingham Journal, Tuesday, 29/12/1936