| Name: | VELUTINA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 04/04/1950 |
| Completed: | 08/1950 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1793 |
| Dimensions: | 18666grt, 11187nrt, 28220dwt, 619.0 x 80.7 x 34.2ft |
| Engines: | 3 x Steam turbines |
| Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 15.0knots |
| Reg Number: | 183305 |
| History: | |
| 08/1950 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1955 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1960 | Shell Tankers Ltd, London |
| 1964 | Shell Tankers (UK) Ltd, London |
| 1971 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1971: Aft part broken up at Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht |
| Forepart converted into an oil rig maintenance barge for | |
| Heerema Engineering & renamed CHAMPION |
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Above photo is courtesy of John Barnet-Lamb
Above photo is courtesy of John Barnet-Lamb. Click HERE to see more launch photos
Above photo is courtesy of John Barnet-Lamb
Above photo is courtesy of John Barnet-Lamb
Above photo is courtesy of John Barnet-Lamb
Above photo courtesy of Photoship
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Above photo as CHAMPION copyright of Heerema Marine Contractors