Name: | BRITISH ARCHITECT |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 07/11/1957 |
Completed: | 06/1958 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1869 |
Dimensions: | 36046dwt, 23124grt, 12343nrt, 683.25 x 86.4 x 37.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 15500shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187785 |
History: | |
18/06/1958 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
07/1958 | Transferred to Tanker Charter Co Ltd |
1972 | Transferred to BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
29/11/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | 16/06/1970: Hit by lightning whilst on passage from Chiba to the Persian Gulf in ballast |
Caused an explosion which blew the main deck back towards the aft accommodation | |
23/06/1970: Arrived at Hong Kong for temporary repairs | |
29/11/1975: Broken up by WH Arnott, Young & Co Ltd at Dalmuir |
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