Name: | BRITISH ENDURANCE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 19/08/1936 |
Completed: | 10/1936 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1500 |
Dimensions: | 12250dwt, 8406grt, 4918nrt, 466.3 x 61.3 x 33.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, 4cyl (23.6 x 91.3ins), 3455hp |
Engines by: | William Doxford & Sons Ltd, Sunderland |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 164726 |
History: | |
28/09/1936 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
01/06/1956 | Owners restyled as BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
28/01/1959 | L Worms, Rotterdam; renamed REDWIJS II |
11/08/1959 | Broken up |
Comments: | 28/01/1959: Sold via Rederi Wijsmuller |
03/02/1959: Converted to a dry cargo vessel | |
21/06/1959: Departed Rotterdam with a cargo of scrap metal | |
11/08/1959: Broken up at Yawata by Matsukura Shoten KK - Hirao Works |
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