Name: | BRITISH VALOUR |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 19/12/1956 |
Completed: | 07/1957 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
Yard Number: | 1853 |
Dimensions: | 35246dwt, 22001grt, 12987nrt, 680.0 x 86.4 x 35.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 25000shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187598 |
History: | |
07/1957 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
10/1957 | Transferred to Tanker Charter Co Ltd |
1973 | Transportes Intermares Armadora SA, Monrovia; renamed MESIS |
25/10/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | Provided with additional power in case of Admiralty service |
25/10/1975: Broken up by Hsin Ya Steel Works at Kaohsiung |
Above photo, showing her moored off Wallsend Slipway, is copyright of John G Johnson
Above photo is copyright of the Evening Chronicle
Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is copyright of Trevor Jones
Above: Laid-up in the Kyles of Bute on the Clyde 21/05/1972. Photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Above photo as MESIS is copyright of Albert Weller