Name: | ESSO EXETER |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 05/01/1955 |
Completed: | 07/1955 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 137 |
Dimensions: | 17527grt, 10186nrt, 26675dwt, 628.0 x 82.9 x 32.6ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 13750shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Turbine Company, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 186261 |
History: | |
12/07/1955 | Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
1968 | Western Oil Transport Co Inc, Monrovia; renamed GOOD HOPE |
1971 | Amerada Hess Shipping Corporation, Monrovia |
07/09/1982 | Broken up |
Comments: | 07/09/1982: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up |
08/10/1982: Breaking up completed by Chien Yung Enterprise Co Ltd |
Above photo as ESSO EXETER, dated 14/04/1968, is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as ESSO EXETER, dated 15/04/1968, is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as ESSO EXETER is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as ESSO EXETER is courtesy of Brian Dodd
Above photo as ESSO EXETER is copyright of Richard Parsons, courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo as ESSO EXETER is copyright of Richard Parsons, courtesy of Malcolm Cranfield