Name: | EMPIRE TESLIN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 05/10/1945 |
Completed: | 04/1946 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1842 |
Dimensions: | 980grt, 533nrt, 988dwt, 201.2 x 34.2 x 13.1ft; (1954: 1157grt, 240,6ft) |
Engines: | T3cyl (13.5, 22.75 & 38 x 27), 145nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 9.0knots |
Reg Number: | 169208 |
History: | |
29/03/1946 | Ministry of Transport (Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd), Newcastle |
1946 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London; renamed FRAGUM |
1948 | Shell-Mex & BP Ltd, London; renamed SHELBRIT 8 |
1952 | Renamed SHELL SUPPLIER |
1967 | Marine Water Supply Co Ltd, Piraeus; renamed SOFIA |
05/05/1971 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1954: Lengthened to 240.6ft |
05/05/1971: Arrived at Perama for breaking up by M Constantinides |
Above photo as SHELL SUPPLIER is courtesy of Kees Helder
Above photo as SHELL SUPPLIER is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SHELL SUPPLIER is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as SHELL SUPPLIER is courtesy of Bobby Sinclair
Above photo as SHELL SUPPLIER is courtesy of John Gillespie