| Name: | TALAMBA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 22/07/1963 |
| Completed: | 21/02/1964 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend Yard |
| Yard Number: | 1879 |
| Dimensions: | 53800dwt, 34709grt, 19893nrt, 735.0 x 105.75 x 53.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, DR Geared, 17600shp |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 305914 |
| History: | |
| 21/02/1964 | British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London |
| 01/10/1969 | Trident Tankers Ltd, London |
| 27/09/1972 | Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co, London |
| 22/02/1976 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Ordered as ERINPURA |
| 03/01/1976: Damaged by engine room flooding whilst | |
| on a voyage from Zuetina, Libya to Port Arthur, Texas | |
| Beyond economical repair due to the poor oil market | |
| 22/02/1976: Broken up at Hamburg by Eisen u Metall AG |
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