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Name: REGENT PANTHER
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/02/1937
Completed: 05/1937
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1523
Dimensions: 9556grt, 5799nrt, 489.7 x 66.5 x 35.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, H&W-B&W type, 4SCSA, 10cyl (740 x 1500mm), 816nhp
Engines by: JG Kincaid & Co Ltd, Greenock
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 165465
History:
22/05/1937 Bowring Steamship Co Ltd (CT Bowring & Co Ltd, managers), London
30/10/1959 Broken up
Comments: 30/10/1959: Broken up at Briton Ferry by TW Ward


Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley

Above photo is copyright of FW Hawks

Above photo is courtesy of Richard Cox

Shields Daily News, Thursday, 11/11/1937