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Name: BRITISH DILIGENCE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/03/1937
Completed: 06/1937
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1508
Dimensions: 8408grt, 4930nrt, 466.3 x 61.9 x 33.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.5 x 91.3ins), 687nhp
Engines by: Wm Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 165466
History:
06/1937 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
1956 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
1957 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London (Common Bros Ltd)
1957 Renamed ANGLIAN DILIGENCE
11/1958 Broken up
Comments: 19/11/1958: Arrived at Savona for breaking by ARDEM SpA


Above photo as BRITISH DILIGENCE copyright of Alex Wood

Above photo as BRITISH DILIGENCE courtesy of Andrey Nelogov