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Name: NICANIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 02/02/1942
Completed: 05/1942
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 648
Dimensions: 8179grt, 4767nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 8cyl (650 x 1400mm), 502nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168283
History:
07/05/1942 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Manager became Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
23/06/1960 Broken up
Comments: At some stage she lost her forward goal post masts
23/06/1960: Broken up by Mollers' Ltd at Hong Kong


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