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Name: GREY ROVER
Type: Fleet Tanker
Launched: 17/04/1969
Completed: 10/04/1970
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Hebburn Yard
Yard Number: 7
Dimensions: 7513grt, 3185nrt, 6931dwt, 131.07 x 19.21 x 10.22metres
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, 16cyl (14.25 x 18.5ins), 16000bhp;
(1975: 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, Pielstick type, Vee 16cyl (400 x 460mm))
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln; (1975: Crossley Premier Engines Ltd, Mancheter)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, controllable pitch, 19.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 338950
History:
10/04/1970 The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London
18/10/2009 Broken up
Comments: Allocated pennant number A269
Has a helicopter pad but no hangar facilities
1975: Re-engined
18/10/2009: Broken up by Leavesley International in Canada Dock, Liverpool


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Above photo, dated 07/09/1969, is copyright of Peter Crichton

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Above photo, arriving for scrapyard, courtesy of Ian Collard

Above photo, arriving for scrapyard, courtesy of Ian Collard