Name: | ABBEYDALE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 28/12/1936 |
Completed: | 03/1937 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1506 |
Dimensions: | 8299grt, 4936nrt, 466.3 x 61.9 x 33.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (600 x 2500mm), 687nhp |
Engines by: | Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Reg Number: | 165409 |
History: | |
25/02/1937 | The Admiralty, London |
04/09/1960 | Broken up |
Comments: | Ordered by the British Tanker Co but taken over by the Admiralty |
04/09/1960: Arrived at Barrow-in-Furness for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd |
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is coyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Nottingham Journal, Tuesday, 29/12/1936