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Name: ESSO EDINBURGH
Type: Tanker
Launched: 31/07/1962
Completed: 02/1963
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 169
Dimensions: 31685grt, 16963nrt, 48400dwt, 740.0 x 102.3 x 37.8ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared to a single shaft, 19000shp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 17.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 304433
History:
02/1963 Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, London
10/1976 Broken up
Comments: 28/10/1976: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Lien Hong Iron & Steel Works


Above photo is courtesy of Sea the Ships. ESSO PORTSMOUTH to the right

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship