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Name: SCOTTISH LION
Type: Tanker
Launched: 30/11/1951
Completed: 03/1952
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1811
Dimensions: 11169grt, 6347nrt, 16310dwt, 547.0 x 69.7 x 38.4ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, Doxford type, 6cyl (670 x 2320mm), 1280mn, 6400bhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 13.5knots
Reg Number: 184965
History:
21/03/1952 Scottish Tanker Co Ltd (Cayzer, Irvine & Co Ltd), Glasgow
1957 Thompson Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Glasgow
1962 Marivic Navigation Inc, Monrovia; renamed MARIVERDA
1965 Armadores Petroleiros SA, Monrovia
1969 Armadores Mariverda SA, Monrovia
09/05/1969 Broken up
Comments: 09/05/1969: Arrived at Hong Kong for breaking up
1969: Broken up by Leung Yau Co


Above photo from the Swan Hunter Works magazine is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo as SCOTTISH LION is courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as MARIVERDA is courtesy of Photoship