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Name: LATIRUS
Type: Tanker
Launched: 14/02/1949
Completed: 06/1949
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 699
Dimensions: 6476grt, 3604nrt, 446.2 x 54.6 x 30.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (650 x 1400mm), 566mn
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183036
History:
30/06/1949 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Shell Tankers Ltd, London
28/08/1960 Broken up
Comments: 28/08/1960: Arrived at Bo’ness for breaking up by P & W MacLellan Ltd


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Above photo is courtesy of David Williams

Above photo is courtesy of David Williams