Name: | BRITISH SEAFARER |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 08/01/1951 |
Completed: | 04/1951 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 703 |
Dimensions: | 16200dwt, 11220grt, 6477nrt, 525.5 x 69.8 x 37.5ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6400bhp |
Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 184410 |
History: | |
26/04/1951 | British Tanker Co Ltd, London |
06/1956 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
26/03/1973 | Broken up |
Comments: | 26/03/1973: Arrived at Villaneuve y Geltrue, Spain, for breaking up |
1973: Broken up by Hierros Ardes |
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