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Name: JENNY
Type: Tanker
Launched: 18/04/1928
Completed: 05/1928
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1325
Dimensions: 4706grt, 2682nrt, 344.2 x 53.5 x 27.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Atlas type, 6cyl (600 x 1200mm), 578nhp;
(1957: Q4cyl (18.5, 31, 38.5 & 38.5 x 30ins))
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd; (1957: Canadian Vickers, Montreal)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Reg Number: n/a
History:
05/1928 A/S Oljefahrt (Harry Borthen & Co), Oslo
1938 A/S Athene (Jorgen Bang), Kristiansand
1951 Alpha Shipping Inc, Monrovia; renamed KIKI NAESS
1954 Pan-American SS Corp of Panama Inc, Monrovia; renamed ALPHA
1955 Alpha Shipping Co Inc, Monrovia
1958 Ibero Continental SA, Monrovia; renamed SANTI
1962 Broken up
Comments: Engine built under licence from the Atlas Diesel Co Ltd of Stockholm
12/1955: Engine removed and then used as a barge
1957: Re-engined with an engine from a Canadian corvette manufactured in 1941
1Q/1962: Broken up at Aviles


Above photo is courtesy of Steinar Norheim

Above photo is courtesy of Einar Onsøien

Newcastle Journal, Wednesday, 23/05/1928