Name: | EL LOBO |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 22/12/1958 |
Completed: | 05/1959 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1911 |
Dimensions: | 12078grt, 6784nrt, 16600dwt, 547.4 x 72.8 x 29.5ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 6250bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 13.5knots |
Reg Number: | 300890 |
History: | |
05/1959 | Lobitos Oilfields Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd), London |
1968 | Burmah Oil Trading Ltd (Bowring SS Co Ltd), London |
29/06/1976 | Broken up |
Comments: | 29/06/1976: Arrived at Faslane for breaking up by Shipbreaking Industries Ltd |
Above trials photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above trials photo, is courtesy of Ian Rae. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo, in Burmah Oil livery, is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo, dated 03/1976, is copyright of Michael Green
Above photo, showing EL LOBO alongside CERINTHUS at Faslane in 1976, is copyright of Bob Scott