Name: | AURIS |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 19/05/1947 |
Completed: | 04/1948 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 686 |
Dimensions: | 8221grt, 4701nrt, 465.0 x 59.2 x 33.8ft |
Engines: | 4 x Oil engines, Sulzer type, 8cyl (340 x 480mm) + 1 x Electric motor, 831mn; |
(1951: 3 x Oil engines, 8cyl (340 x 480mm) + 1 x Gas turbine to electric motor, 831mn); | |
(1959: 2 x Gas turbines) | |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle; (1959: British Thomson-Houston, Rugby) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 181847 |
History: | |
17/02/1948 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1955 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1960 | Shell Tankers Ltd, London |
08/1962 | Broken up |
Comments: | Experimental diesel-electric propulsion, modified in 1951 |
1959: Re-engined with 2 x Gas turbines | |
08/1962: Broken up at Blyth by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is copyright of Peter Cook