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Name: REGENT TIGER
Type Tanker
Launched: 01/07/1946
Completed: 10/1946
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 1743
Dimensions: 15170dwt, 9960grt, 525.1 x 67.25 x 28.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 4cyl (28.5 x 88.5ins), 1012mns
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180979
History:
15/10/1946 Bowring Steam Shipping Co Ltd, London
1954 Renamed CAPULET
31/05/1966 Broken up
Comments: 31/05/1966: Arrived at Santander for breaking up
Broken up by Recuperaciones Submarinas SA at Santander


Above photo as REGENT TIGER is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo as CAPULET is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield