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Name: ESSO HIBERNIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 06/04/1970
Completed: 12/1970
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 4
Dimensions: 250262dwt, 126539grt, 98220nrt, 1085.0 x 170.0 x 84.0ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 32000shp
Engines by: Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, Manchester
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 341171
History:
12/1970 Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, London
25/04/1983 Broken up
Comments: 25/04/1983: Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan


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