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Name: TYNEFIELD
Type: Tanker
Launched: 25/03/1952
Completed: 03/09/1952
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 712
Dimensions: 18700dwt, 12238grt, 7065nrt, 557.0 x 70.4 x 30.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 6cyl (725 x 2250mm), 7600bhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 169239
History:
04/09/1952 Northern Petroleum Tank SS Co Ltd (Hunting & Son Ltd), Newcastle
1966 Terry Shipping Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed TERRY
02/12/1972 Broken up
Comments: 02/12/1972: Arrived at Valencia for breaking up by Industrial y Comercial de Levante


Above photo showing TYNEFIELD ready to launch is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo is copyright of AirFotos

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as TERRY, dated 27/07/1971, is copyright of Dennis Maccoy