Name: | LONDON LION |
Type: | Oil Tanker |
Launched: | 17/03/1972 |
Completed: | 10/1972 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 29 |
Dimensions: | 125916grt, 100058nrt, 256387dwt, 330.72 x 51.82 x 25.61metres |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 32000shp |
Engines by: | Associated Electrical Industries Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 358603; (IMO: 7208120) |
History: | |
10/1972 | Anglomar Shipping Co Ltd, London |
1978 | Renamed TROPICAL LION |
1994 | Abu Dhabi National Tanker Co; renamed LIWA |
18/02/1999 | Broken up |
Comments: | 04/1981: At Arzanah Island being used as a floating storage vessel |
1989: Damaged by a floating mine. Subsequently repaired | |
1994: Converted to a FSO tanker | |
18/02/1999: Arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking up | |
01/03/1999: Work began |
Above photo as LONDON LION is courtesy of Norman Dunn
Above photo as LONDON LION is copyright of Tony Ecclestone
Above photo as LONDON LION is copyright of Peter Crichton
Above photo as LONDON LION, dated 23/07/1972, is copyright of Ships Nostalgia - TommyRob
Above photo as LONDON LION is copyright of Auke Visser
Above photo as LONDON LION is copyright of Kevin S Weir
Above photo as LONDON LION is copyright of Kevin S Weir