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Name: SHELL ROADBUILDER
Type: Tanker
Launched: 09/12/1955
Completed: 25/05/1956
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 205
Dimensions: 454dwt, 301grt, 171nrt, 139.25 (OA) x 21.8 x 10.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 6cyl (8.75 x 11.5ins), 324bhp
Engines by: Blackstone & Co Ltd, Stamford
Propulsion: 1 x Screw (directional), 10.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187400
History:
25/05/1956 Shell-Mex & BP Ltd, London
1971 Southern Tanker & Bunkering Co Ltd; renamed SOUTHERNSTAN
1975 Bowker & King Ltd, London: renamed BURLESDON
1981 Gillyot & Scott Ltd, Hull
1986 Broken up
Comments: 08/1987: Demolition completed at Southampton


Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson