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Name: BRITISH JUSTICE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 06/03/1928
Completed: 08/1928
Builder: Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 977
Dimensions: 11174dwt, 6982grt, 4122nrt, 440.7 x 57.1 x 33.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (22.75 x 45.5ins), 642nhp, 3270bhp
Engines by: Richardsons, Westgarth & Co Ltd, Hartlepool
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 160548
History:
08/08/1928 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
26/01/1954 Broken up
Comments: 05/01/1954: Sold to British Iron & Steel Corporation (BISCO) for £40,000
Allocated to Shipbreaking Industries Ltd for breaking up
26/01/1954: Breaking up commenced at Rosyth


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is copyright of Peter Richards

Above photo is courtesy of John Crossland