Name: | MEDITERRANEAN SHEARWATER |
Type: | Irradiated Nuclear Fuel Carrier |
Launched: | 01/07/1981 |
Completed: | 12/1981 |
Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn Yard |
Yard Number: | 115 |
Dimensions: | 2485grt, 950nrt, 2486dwt, 80.0 x 12.6 x 5.1(draft) metres |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 6cyl (254 x 305mm), 1866bhp |
Engines by: | Ruston Diesels Ltd, Newton-le-Willows |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 15.0knots |
Reg Number: | 389534; (IMO: 8010788) |
History: | |
12/1981 | Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (James Fisher & Sons Ltd), Barrow |
1994 | Renamed EUROPEAN SHEARWATER |
20/09/2009 | Broken up |
Comments: | 20/09/2009: Arrived at 's-Gravendeel for breaking up |
09/2009: Broken up by Scheepssloperij Nederland BV |
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