Name: | BLUE ROVER |
Type: | Fleet Tanker |
Launched: | 11/11/1969 |
Completed: | 15/07/1970 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn Yard |
Yard Number: | 8 |
Dimensions: | 6882dwt, 7511grt, 140.5 x 19.2 x 7.3(draft)m |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Ruston type, 16cyl; (1974: Peilstick type) |
Engines by: | Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln; (1974: Crossley Premier Engines, Manchester) |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 19.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 339224 |
History: | |
15/07/1970 | The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London |
31/03/1993 | Government of Portugal; renamed NRP BERRIO |
No later history known | |
Comments: | Allocated pennant number A270 |
Fitted with a helicopter pad but has no hangar facilities | |
1974: Re-engined with Peilstick engines | |
04/1993: Allocated pennant number A5210 | |
2016: Still in service |
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