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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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