Name: | NILWALA |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 30/07/1958 |
Completed: | 10/1958 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 233 |
Dimensions: | 418grt, 226nrt, 600dwt, 140.5 x 29.4 x 12.3ft |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SA, 5cyl (7 x 9ins); (1985: 2 x Oil engines, V8cyl (4 x 5ins), 240bhp) |
Engines by: | Crossley Brothers Ltd, Manchester; (1985: General Motors Corp, USA) |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 300768 |
History: | |
10/1958 | Shell Co of Ceylon Ltd, London |
1979 | Ceylon Petroleum Corp Ltd, London |
2006 | SKR Shipping Pvt Ltd, Colombo; renamed GAL OYA |
2009 | Alco Shipping Services LLC, Freetown; renamed SAFA 1 |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1985: Re-engined |