| Name: | BRITISH EARL |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 28/06/1946 |
| Completed: | 31/10/1946 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 1772 |
| Dimensions: | 12250dwt, 8745grt, 4988nrt, 472.6 x 62.0 x 33.6ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (23.625 x 91.3125ins), 3435bhp |
| Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 181583 |
| History: | |
| 31/10/1946 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 01/06/1956 | Owners restyled BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 25/07/1961 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 18/01/1947: Damaged by mine off the Great Belt, Denmark |
| Beached off Langeland to prevent sinking | |
| 25/01/1947: Refloated & towed to Nyborg for temporary repairs | |
| Permanent repairs at North Shields included cutting hull into sections to realign | |
| 24/08/1950: Towed from Aden with broken crankshaft by BRITISH BARON | |
| 25/07/1961: Broken up at St David's by JA White & Co | |
| Some sources say she was broken up at Inverkeithing but this is an error |
Above photo courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
Above photo showing BRITISH EARL arriving at St David's for breaking up, is copyright of Jack Eadie & courtesy of Chris Claydon
Shields Daily News, Tuesday, 12/08/1947