Name: | OCTAVIAN |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 26/10/1953 |
Completed: | 03/1954 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1787 |
Dimensions: | 20211grt, 11852nrt, 31895dwt, 625.0 x 86.0 x 46.0ft; |
(1964: 25900grt, 16539nrt, 45691dwt, 722.2 x 86.4 x 41.3ft) | |
Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, Doxford type, 2SA, 5cyl (670 x 2320mm), 11000bhp |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 14.0knots |
Reg Number: | n/a |
History: | |
03/1954 | A/R Julian (Hilmar Reksten, Fjøsanger), Bergen |
1959 | Rederi A/S Vespasian, Bergen |
1968 | Audun Rekstens Rederi A/S, Bergen |
1971 | Renamed ARABRAVE |
1973 | Vroulidia Cia Nav SA (A Halcoussis & Co), Piraeus; renamed AMELIO |
27/08/1976 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1964: Lengthened & deepened at Kieler Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel |
27/08/1976: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
08/10/1976: Breaking up commenced by Long John Industry Co Ltd |
Above photo as OCTAVIAN, prior to jumboising, is copyright of Dave Edge
Above photo as OCTAVIAN is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as AMELIO is copyright of the City of Vancouver Archives, Walter Frost collection