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Name: BRITISH RESOURCE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 16/03/1949
Completed: 11/09/1949
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 694
Dimensions: 16880dwt, 11200grt, 6490nrt, 525.5 x 69.8 x 37.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6460bhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, St Peter's, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 183096
History:
11/09/1949 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
01/06/1956 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
24/04/1972 Broken up
Comments: 24/04/1972: Broken up by IM Varela Davillo at Castellon


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