Name: | ELLORA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 29/09/1958 |
Completed: | 07/1959 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1875 |
Dimensions: | 24246grt, 14480nrt, 37140dwt, 690.8 x 90.4 x 36.4ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 17600shp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
Reg Number: | 300949 |
History: | |
07/1959 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
1963 | Managers became Trident Tankers Ltd, London |
1969 | Jad Cia Nav SA, Monrovia; renamed NATA |
1976 | Brodospas, Split |
1976 | INA-Petronafta, Zagreb; renamed PM 27 |
197x | Renamed SP 4 |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 01/06/1976: Arrived at Sveti Kajo, Split, for breaking up by Brodospas |
1976: Re-sold for conversion to a non-propelled storage barge | |
Bow & stern sections sold to Brodospas for scrap | |
Remaining centre section (139.5 metres long) converted to a barge | |
197x: Barge registered as floating storage SP 4 |
Above photo as ELLORA is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as ELLORA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ELLORA is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as ELLORA is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo of the bow section of PM 27 is copyright of Marijan Zuvic