Name: | NARICA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 25/04/1967 |
Completed: | 09/1967 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 2021 |
Dimensions: | 59868grt, 42548nrt, 113484dwt, 869.1 x 138.0 x 48.9ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 9cyl (900 x 1550mm), 18000bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
09/1967 | Deutsche Shell AG, Hamburg |
1986 | Solena Shipping Co (Deutsche Shell Tanker GmbH), Monrovia |
28/11/1993 | Broken up |
Comments: | 25/04/1967: The largest ship built in Britain at the time of the launch |
28/11/1993: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up | |
30/11/1993: Breaking up commenced by Ambia Shipbreakers |
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