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Name: BINTA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 08/12/1927
Completed: 04/1928
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 1032
Dimensions: 5873grt, 3421nrt, 396.4 x 55.0 x 32.3ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (600 x 1200mm), 580nhp
Engines by: Atlas Diesel Co, Stockholm
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
04/1928 A/S Binta (Per Gjerding), Bergen
1940 Petroleos Mexicanos SA, Coatzacoalcos; renamed CERRO-AZUL
11/1955 Broken up
Comments: Engine installed by the shipbuilder's Marine Engine Department
19/09/1955: Wrecked on the North Jetty at Tampico during a hurricane
02/11/1955: Refloated and then broken up locally


Above photo as BINTA is copyright of Hansen & Pedersen

Above photo as BINTA is copyright of Hansen & Pedersen

Newcastle Journal, Friday, 09/12/1927