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Name: MORGENEN
Type: Tanker
Launched: 10/06/1930
Completed: 10/1930
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1384
Dimensions: 7093grt, 4288nrt, 442.7 x 58.8 x 33.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (26.5 x 49.5ins), 727nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
10/1930 A/S Tanktransport (Thorvald Berg, manager), Tonsberg
1951 I/S Esperance (Bj Ruud-Pedersen, manager), Oslo; renamed ESPERANCE
1955 A/R Titanian (H Reksten, manager), Bergen; renamed TITANIAN
11/1961 Broken up
Comments: 1956: Converted into a bulk carrier
1961: Bow and cargo section incorporated into dry cargo ship FABIAN
24/11/1961: Stern & machinery broken up at Burcht


Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox