Name: | ORTOIRE |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 01/10/1959 |
Completed: | 12/1959 |
Builder: | Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
Yard: | Willington Quay |
Yard Number: | 238 |
Dimensions: | 992grt, 474nrt, 1440dwt, 204.0 x 36.1 x 16.4ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, 8cyl (10.5 x 13.5ins), 1060bhp |
Engines by: | Crossley Brothers Ltd, Manchester |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 191314 |
History: | |
10/1959 | Shell Trinidad Ltd, Port of Spain |
1971 | Beacon Shipping Co Ltd, Port of Spain |
1974 | Halcyon Star Line Ltd, Georgetown, Cayman; renamed HALCYON STAR |
1976 | United Star Lines Ltd, Georgetown, Cayman; renamed UNITED STAR |
1979 | Abogados Panamenos Inc, Panama; renamed REY MAR |
1986 | Scientific Sun SA and Wind Laboratory Ltd, San Lorenzo, Honduras |
1986 | Renamed SCIENTIFIC KING |
No later history known | |
Comments: | 1975: Now classed as a chemical tanker |
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