| Name: | TEXACO WESTMINSTER launched as REGENT WESTMINSTER |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 01/11/1967 |
| Completed: | 06/1968 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 54908grt, 39792nrt, 102602dwt, 837.8 x 127.8 x 50.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 26000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 335797 |
| History: | |
| 25/06/1968 | Regent Petroleum Tankship Co Ltd, London |
| 1969 | Texaco Overseas Tankship Co Ltd, London |
| 26/10/1978 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Engines manufactured by General Electric, USA. Installation by Wallsend Slipway |
| 1968: Name changed to TEXACO WESTMINSTER before delivery | |
| 1977: Carried ashore at Palermo when a floating dry dock she was in broke lose in a storm | |
| 1977: Temporary repairs carried out at Genoa and then completed at Piraeus | |
| 26/10/1978: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
| 12/12/1978: Breaking up commenced by Hai Kwang Steel Enterprise Corp |
Above photo as REGENT WESTMINSTER is copyright of Jim Keedy, courtesy of Jane Laninga
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Above photo as REGENT WESTMINSTER is copyright of Jim Keedy, courtesy of Jane Laninga
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Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
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Above photo as TEXACO WESTMINSTER is copyright of Malcolm Donnelly
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