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Name: TEXACO WESTMINSTER launched as REGENT WESTMINSTER
Type: Tanker
Launched: 01/11/1967
Completed: 06/1968
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 2026
Dimensions: 54908grt, 39792nrt, 102602dwt, 837.8 x 127.8 x 50.0ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 26000shp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Reg Number: 335797
History:
25/06/1968 Regent Petroleum Tankship Co Ltd, London
1969 Texaco Overseas Tankship Co Ltd, London
26/10/1978 Broken up
Comments: Engines manufactured by General Electric, USA. Installation by Wallsend Slipway
1968: Name changed to TEXACO WESTMINSTER before delivery
1977: Carried ashore at Palermo when a floating dry dock she was in broke lose in a storm
1977: Temporary repairs carried out at Genoa and then completed at Piraeus
26/10/1978: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
12/12/1978: Breaking up commenced by Hai Kwang Steel Enterprise Corp


Above photo as REGENT WESTMINSTER is copyright of Jim Keedy, courtesy of Jane Laninga

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Above photo as REGENT WESTMINSTER is copyright of Jim Keedy, courtesy of Jane Laninga

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Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly

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