| Name: | BRITISH MERCHANT |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 23/07/1953 |
| Completed: | 01/1954 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 1825 |
| Dimensions: | 31750dwt, 21064grt, 12701nrt, 640.6 x 85.7 x 47.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 13750shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 186002 |
| History: | |
| 22/01/1954 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 01/06/1956 | Company restyled BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 1972 | Possidon Shipping & Trading Corp, Pireaus ; renamed PETROLA VII |
| 1974 | Aroania Shipping & Trading Corp, Pireaus |
| 1976 | Renamed PETROLA 7 |
| 06/10/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/10/1978: Broken up by IM Varela Davalillo at Castellon |
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