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Name: SHELL WELDER
Type: Tanker
Launched: 12/11/1954
Completed: 17/03/1955
Builder: Clelands (Successors) Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 193
Dimensions: 569grt, 202nrt, 170.9 x 29.7 x 10.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SCSA, 6cyl (265 x 345mm), 570bhp
Engines by: Crossley Bros Ltd, Manchester
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186210
History:
28/03/1955 Shell-Mex & BP Ltd, London
1973 Pounds Shipowners and Shipbreakers Ltd, Portsmouth
1974 Northwood (Fareham) Ltd, London; renamed STEEL WELDER
1991 Broken up
Comments: 1974: Converted into a sand dredger
1991: Broken up at Otterham Quay


Above photo as SHELL WELDER is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as SHELL WELDER is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as SHELL WELDER is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as SHELL WELDER, after conversion but before renaming, is copyright of John D Hill

Above photo as STEEL WELDER is copyright of Derek Longly