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Name: OSIMIRI I
Type: Supply Ship
Launched: 04/02/1960
Completed: 03/1960
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Company Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay, Wallsend
Yard Number: 242
Dimensions: 419grt, 434nrt, 138.4 x 34.8 x 8.3ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, 8cyl (7 x 9ins)
Engines by: Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 301019
History:
03/1960 Shell D'Arcy Petroleum Development Co of Nigeria Ltd
1960 Shell-BP Petroleum Development Co of Nigeria Ltd
24/05/1971 Sank
Comments: 24/05/1971: Struck oil platform off Bonny, Nigeria and sank


Above photo is copyright of the Wallsend News, courtsey of John Dobson