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Name: VELLETIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 31/10/1951
Completed: 05/1952
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1805
Dimensions: 18661grt, 11187nrt, 28132dwt, 643.4 x 80.0 x 34.2ft (*)
Engines: 3 x Steam turbines, DR geared
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Reg Number: 184585
History:
01/05/1952 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Shell Tankers Ltd, London
1964 Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd, London
21/12/1968 Broken up
Comments: 21/12/1968: Arrived at Castellon for breaking up
Broken up by Industrial y Comercial de Levante
(*) Dimensions Length OA, Breadth extreme & Draught Summer


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