Name: | BRANDON PRIORY |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 05/10/1959 |
Completed: | 05/1960 |
Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 741 |
Dimensions: | 35703dwt, 23108grt, 12380nrt, 683.0 x 86.5 x 37.8ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Greared, 15500shp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 301101 |
History: | |
05/1960 | Warwick Tanker Co Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd), London |
09/06/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | Warwick Tanker Co was a partnership between BP and Houlder Bros |
1975: Suffered an engine room fire whilst off Port Elizabeth, South Africa | |
09/06/1975: Arrived at Castellon to be broken up by IM Varela Davalillo |
Above: Fitting out at Hebburn. Photo is courtesy of Norman Dunn
Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo is courtesy of AJ Hawker
Above photo is copyright of Gerolf Drebes
Above: Inbound through the Tyne piers 30/05/1961. Photo is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly