| Name: | CHANT 61 |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 11/04/1944 |
| Completed: | 04/1944 |
| Builder: | J Readhead & Sons Ltd |
| Yard: | South Shields |
| Yard Number: | T2 |
| Dimensions: | 404grt, 213nrt, 142.2 x 27.0 x 8.5ft |
| Engines: | Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (8.5 x 13.75ins) |
| Engines by: | Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 7.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180217 |
| History: | |
| 04/1944 | Ministry of War Transport (Bulk Oil Steamship Co Ltd, managers), South Shields |
| 08/06/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | A CHANT (from Channel Tanker) was a type of prefabricated coastal tanker |
| A total of twenty-eight prefabricated sections were made up into a ship | |
| CHANT 60 & 61 were assembled on a road between two slipways | |
| They were allocated separate yard numbers, but not in the main sequence | |
| 08/06/1944: Capsized off Normandy. Probably before it was realised there | |
| were stability issues with the design | |
| On a voyage from Thamshaven to Normany with a cargo of fresh water |
CHANT 60 & 61 on the same berth. Photo copyright of South Tyneside Libraries
CHANT 60 & 61 ready for delivery at Readhead's yard. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair