Name: | BRITISH COURAGE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 13/05/1957 |
Completed: | 11/1957 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 733 |
Dimensions: | 35572dwt, 22001grt,12987nrt, 680.0 x 86.4 x 35.2ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 25000shp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187666 |
History: | |
15/11/1957 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
12/1957 | Transferred to Tanker Charter Co Ltd, London |
1973 | Sociadad de Transportes Maritimas SA, Panama; renamed POUNENTES |
10/12/1977 | Broken up |
Comments: | 16/09/1976: Arrived in tow ar Curacao with boiler damage |
10/12/1977: Broken up by Tung Ho Steel Enterprise Corp at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
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