| Name: | OPPORTUNITY launched as TYNE PRIDE |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 06/10/1975 |
| Completed: | 11/1976 |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter Shipbuilders Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 63 |
| Dimensions: | 262166dwt, 119821grt, 103320nrt, 330.72 x 51.82 x 25.61metres |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 32000shp |
| Engines by: | GEC Turbine Generators Ltd, Manchester |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | (IMO: 7343097) |
| History: | |
| 11/1976 | Tiger Shipping Co Ltd, Chios |
| 1979 | Compagnie Nationale de Navigation, Le Havre; renamed THERMIDOR |
| 1988 | RL Sapphire Shipping Corp, Liberia; renamed EL OMAR |
| 1989 | Great Octopus Shipping Inc, Liberia; renamed NEW RESOURCE |
| 1994 | Thai Resource Tanker Inc, Liberia; renamed THAI RESOURCE |
| 2005 | Unisoft International Ltd, Kingston; renamed THAI |
| 11/09/2005 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Launched as TYNE PRIDE for Swan Maritime Ltd, but delivered as OPPORTUNITY |
| 11/09/2005: Arrived at Chittagong for breaking up | |
| 17/09/2005: Breaking up commenced |
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE, dated 27/04/1975, is copyright of Trevor Ermel
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of Peter Loud
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of the Evening Chronicle
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is courtesy of Tony Frost
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of Ron Mapplebeck
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is courtesy of Robert Amess
Above photo as TYNE PRIDE is copyright of Ken Lubi
Above photo as THERMIDOR is copyright of Pieter Melissen