| 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 copyright of John G Johnson
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 11/11/1954