Name: | GARONNE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 16/06/1959 |
Completed: | 12/1959 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 168 |
Dimensions: | 24513grt, 14562nrt, 37383dwt, 690.3 x 90.5 x 36.7ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 17600shp |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 301034 |
History: | |
12/1959 | Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
05/1960 | Managers became P&O-Orient Lines |
1963 | Managers became Trident Tankers Ltd, London |
03/1965 | Peninsular & Oriental SN Co (Trident Tankers Ltd), London |
04/1970 | Trident Tankers Ltd, London |
08/1971 | Managers became P&O Bulk Shipping Division |
09/1972 | Peninsular & Oriental SN Co, London |
04/1973 | St Thomas Maritime Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed ST THOMAS |
02/1976 | Broken up |
Comments: | 20/02/1976: Arrived at New York for breaking up |
02/1976: Broken up by Union Minerals & Alloys Corp |
Above photo as GARONNE is copyright of Chris Howell
Above photo as GARONNE is courtesy of Photoship