| Name: | BRITISH VENTURE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 08/12/1961 |
| Completed: | 04/1963 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 742 |
| Dimensions: | 38112dwt, 23397grt, 12566nrt, 678.0 x 86.4 x 39.0ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 8cyl (900 x 1550mm), 16000bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 304488 |
| History: | |
| 04/1963 | BP Tanker Co Ltd, London |
| 13/04/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 13/04/1978: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Kuo Dar Steel & Iron Enterprise Co |
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