Name: | SAXONMEAD |
Type: | Tanker |
Launched: | 23/06/1953 |
Completed: | 11/1953 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 130 |
Dimensions: | 13321grt, 7947nrt, 20452dwt, 537.7 x 75.1 x 40.5ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 8300shp |
Engines by: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd, Barrow |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 174578 |
History: | |
21/11/1953 | Imperial Shipping Investment Co Ltd, Hamilton, Bermuda |
1956 | Renamed WORLD MEAD |
1958 | World Mead Corporation, Monrovia |
1962 | Registered at Piraeus |
1964 | Registered at Monrovia |
1964 | Vulcan Shipping Corporation, Monrovia |
1966 | Union Endeavour Shipping Co SA, Monrovia; renamed KETTY N |
1968 | Nimar Shipping Co SA, Monrovia; renamed NIMAR |
1971 | Libra Navigation Corporation, Monrovia |
1973 | Arras Shipping Co, Piraeus; renamed ARRAS |
06/1975 | Broken up |
Comments: | 06/1975: Broken up at Gadani Beach |
Above photo as SAXONMEAD is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as NIMAR is copyright of Bob Scott