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Name: VARAND
Type: Tanker
Launched: 24/10/1927
Completed: 12/1927
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 1023
Dimensions: 6023grt, 3682nrt, 412.0 x 53.4 x 31.6ft
Engines: T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 48ins), 552nhp
Engines by: North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 149958
History:
29/11/1927 Baltic Trading Co Ltd, London
1951 Mirada Cia Nav SA, Panama (Goulandris); renamed SEATEMPEST
1951 Renamed FEARLESS
1953 Golfo Grande Cia Naviera SA, Panama; renamed GOLFO GRANDE
22/07/1954 Broken up
Comments: 22/07/1954: Arrived at Bruges for breaking up by Van Heyghen Frères


Images of a shipbuilder's model of VARAND. Copyright National Maritime Museum