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Name: BRITISH HAZEL
Type: Tanker
Launched: 31/10/1963
Completed: 05/1964
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 1895
Dimensions: 20462dwt, 13100grt, 7611nrt, 561.1 x 73.7 x 30.2ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer 6RND76 type, 6cyl (760 x 1550mm), 7500bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 305982
History:
05/1964 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
1982 Petrostar Co Ltd, Saudi Arabia; renamed PETROSTAR XVII
1983 Renamed NEJMAT EL PETROL XVII
1988 Fal Bunkering Co Ltd, United Arab Emirates; renamed FAL XXII
1988 National Marine Services, United Arab Emirates; renamed AL HAMRIA
1990 Fal Bunkering Co Ltd, United Arab Emirates; renamed FAL XVIII
08/01/2003 Broken up
Comments: 08/01/2003: Broken up at Alang by Rushil Industries


Above photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo courtesy of AJ Hawker