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Name: FORTHFIELD
Type: Tanker
Launched: 10/11/1954
Completed: 04/1955
Builder: Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 720
Dimensions: 18150dwt, 12129grt, 6919nrt, 555.8 x 69.5 x 29.9ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 8250shp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186841
History:
22/04/1955 Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co Ltd (Hunting & Son Ltd), Newcastle
1967 Northern Petroleum & Bulk Freighters Ltd (Hunting & Son Ltd), Newcastle
13/03/1975 Broken up
Comments: Ordered by Shell Tankers Ltd but sold to Hunting & Son Ltd prior to launching
Contracted back to Shell on a 20 year time charter
27/01/1975: Stranded in the Orinoco River
13/03/1975: Arrived under tow at Burriana, Spain, for breaking up by Aguilar y Peris


Above photo is courtesy of Dave Edge

Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 11/11/1954