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Name: FRONTENAC
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/10/1927
Completed: 02/1928
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1303
Dimensions: 7350grt, 4397nrt, 440.9 x 58.4 x 33.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (27.25, 45 & 75 x 54ins), 605nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
02/1928 D/S A/S Baltimore (Halle & Peterson), Oslo
1951 Soc de Cargo Antilliana SA, Panama; renamed ILLUSTRIOUS
1953 Mares Cia Armadora SA, Panama
06/1955 Broken up
Comments: 19/06/1955: Arrived at Barrow-in-Furness for breaking by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo as FRONTENAC courtesy of Photoship