| Name: | SOLEN |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 30/06/1961 |
| Completed: | 11/1961 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 1867 |
| Dimensions: | 71270dwt, 42162grt, 24922nrt, 776.5 x 112.5 x 57.8ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 22000shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 302817 |
| History: | |
| 11/1961 | Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd, London |
| 1970 | Shell Co of Australia; registered at Geelong |
| 1976 | Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd, London |
| 22/12/1982 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 07/1975: Laid-up at Kames Bay |
| 09/1975: Refitted at Marseilles as a production tanker for offshore Zaire | |
| Served off Zaire until the end of 1982 | |
| 22/12/1982: Broken up at Kaohsiung by Sie Yung Steel Wire Co |
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