Name: | BORDER PELE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 08/06/1960 |
Completed: | 21/01/1961 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1893 |
Dimensions: | 19610dwt, 13228grt, 7523nrt, 569.2 x 72.7 x 31.6ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (700 x 2320mm), 7200bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186913 |
History: | |
21/01/1961 | Lowland Tanker Co Ltd (Common Bros Ltd, managers) |
1970 | Common Bros (Management) Ltd appointed as managers |
1976 | BP Tanker Co Ltd became managers |
1979 | BP Tanker Co Ltd |
1980 | Restyled BP Shipping Ltd |
1981 | Elan Maritime Inc (Gulf Shipping Lines Ltd, London, managers) |
1981 | Renamed FIVE STREAMS; registered in Panama |
14/05/1984 | Broken up |
Comments: | 14/05/1984: Arrived Chittagong Roads for breaking up by Khalil & Sons |
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