| Name: | KAYESON |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 10/06/1960 |
| Completed: | 03/1961 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 743 |
| Dimensions: | 44600dwt, 28461grt, 15709nrt, 711.8 x 98.4 x 38.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 16000bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 302531 |
| History: | |
| 03/1961 | K Steamship Co Ltd (Kaye Tanker Management Co Ltd), London |
| 1974 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd (Kaye Tanker Management Co Ltd), London |
| 1981 | Mid East Ship Trade Corporation, Panama; renamed AOUNALLAH |
| 1981 | Oriental Commercial Establishment, Jeddah |
| 06/06/1983 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/06/1983: Breaking up commenced by Ahmed Steel at Gadani Beach |
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