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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