Name: | CALTEX NEWCASTLE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 21/11/1957 |
Completed: | 06/1958 |
Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 732 |
Dimensions: | 18130dwt, 12478grt, 7176nrt, 559.0 x 71.4 x 30.1ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 8400shp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 187787 |
History: | |
13/06/1958 | Tanker Finance (UK) Ltd (Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd), London |
1968 | Renamed TEXACO NEWCASTLE |
1977 | Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd, London |
15/07/1977 | Broken up |
Comments: | 15/07/1977: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolkow Ltd |
Above photo as CALTEX NEWCASTLE is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as TEXACO NEWCASTLE is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as TEXACO NEWCASTLE is copyright of Harold Appleyard
Above photo as TEXACO NEWCASTLE, dated 30/04/1977, is copyright of Michael Green