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Name: LABIOSA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 26/01/1948
Completed: 05/1948
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 692
Dimensions: 6473grt, 3604nrt, 430.0 x 54.5 x 30.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (650 x 1400mm), 566mn
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 181908
History:
06/05/1948 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Shell Tankers Ltd, London
23/02/1964 Broken up
Comments: 1951: Converted to carry hot bitumen in the centre tanks
23/02/1964: Arrived at Bruges for breaking up by Brugse Scheepssloperij


Above photo is courtesy of Chris Howell

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