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Name: BRITISH FLAG
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/02/1953
Completed: 07/1953
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 716
Dimensions: 16070dwt, 11327grt, 6545nrt, 525.5 x 69.8 x 37.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (26.375 x 91.3125), 6400bhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 185934
History:
07/1953 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
01/06/1956 Company restyled BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
19/07/1971 Broken up
Comments: 19/07/1971: Arrived for breaking up at Burriana, Spain
02/08/1971: Breaking up commenced by Aguilar y Peris


Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Photo copyright of AJ Hawker