Name: | OLYNTHUS |
Type: | Naval Replenishment Tanker |
Launched: | 10/07/1964 |
Completed: | 06/1965 |
Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 755 |
Dimensions: | 22350dwt, 18604grt, 9392nrt, 648.0 x 84.2 x 34.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 26500shp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 21.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 307787 |
History: | |
06/1965 | The Admiralty, London |
1967 | Renamed OLWEN |
2001 | Unknown owners; renamed KEA |
21/07/2001 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1967: Name changed to avoid confusion with submarine OLYMPUS |
2001: Sold & renamed for the delivery voyage to the shipbreakers | |
21/07/2001: Broken up at Alang by Shree Sai Baba Shipbreakers |
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Above: OLYNTHUS being undocked at Hebburn 18/05/1965. Photo copyright of Brian Hargreaves
Above photo of OLYNTHUS leaving the Tyne is courtesy of Sea the Ships
Above photo as OLYNTHUS is courtesy of Tony Frost
Above photo as OLWEN is copyright of Jorgen Lonn
Above photo as OLWEN is copyright of the Webmaster
Above photo as OLWEN is copyright of the Webmaster
Above photo as OLWEN is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above photo as OLWEN is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as KEA is courtesy of Paul Strathdee