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Name: VARICELLA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 30/07/1958
Completed: 02/1959
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1865
Dimensions: 21843grt, 11548nrt, 33423dwt, 665.0 x 85.3 x 34.5ft (*)
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 11000shp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Reg Number: 300838
History:
02/1959 Tanker Finance Ltd (Shell Tankers Ltd, managers) London
1976 Norrona Shipping Co Pty Ltd, Singapore; renamed CHERRY BARON
30/04/1983 Broken up
Comments: 30/04/1983: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
05/1983: Broken up by Shyeh Sheng Huat Steel & Iron Works Co
(*) Dimensions are Length (OA), Breadth extreme and Draught summer


Above photo as VARICELLA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VARICELLA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VARICELLA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as VARICELLA is courtesy of Photoship