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Name: WORLD UNICORN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 03/05/1973
Completed: 13/02/1974
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 28
Dimensions: 131087grt, 104346nrt, 256632dwt, 330.72 x 51.82 x 25.61metres
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 32000shp
Engines by: Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd, Kobe
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 360989; (IMO: 7314905)
History:
02/1974 Ludlow Navigation Co Ltd, London (World-Wide Shipping, Liberia)
1982 Riverhead Shipping Ltd, Hong Kong
31/10/1984 Broken up
Comments: 31/10/1984: Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan


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