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Name: PAN BOLIVAR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 19/05/1931
Completed: 07/1931
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1465
Dimensions: 8773grt, 5582nrt, 484.2 x 65.5 x 36.8ft
Engines: T3cyl (27.5, 45.5 & 76 x 51ins) plus LP turbine, 713nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1931 Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co, Los Angeles
1933 Pan American Foreign Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware
1935 Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, Wilmington
1936 Renamed ESSO ARUBA
1950 Esso Shipping Co, Wilmington
1954 Star Line Shipping Co Inc, Monrovia; renamed CAPTAIN JOHN
02/04/1960 Broken up
Comments: 02/04/1960: Breaking up commenced at Vado Ligure by ARDEM


Above photo as PAN BOLIVAR courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ESSO ARUBA copyright of Stuart Smith