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