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Name: SERENIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 18/10/1960
Completed: 07/1961
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 161
Dimensions: 42082grt, 25124nrt, 67850dwt, 817.9 x 113.0 x 43.4ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 22000shp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow-in-Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw; 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 302698
History:
07/1961 Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd, London
04/09/1987 Broken up
Comments: 1977: Converted into a shuttle tanker for servicing offshore installations
Conversion carried out by the Verolme Shipyard in Rotterdam
04/09/1987: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Richian Steel Industrial Co


Above photo is courtesy of Billy Embleton

Above photo is copyright of John Johnson

Above photo is copyright of John Johnson

Above photo is copyright of Graeme Turner

Above: In dock at Singapore. Photo is courtesy of Alexander Birt

Above: In dock at Singapore. Photo is courtesy of Alexander Birt

Above photo is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo is copyright of Robert Durrant

Above photo is copyright of Bob Scott