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