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Name: VOLA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 18/08/1955
Completed: 03/1956
Builder: Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 724
Dimensions: 32330dwt, 20736grt, 11149nrt, 659.9 x 84.5 x 34.8ft (*)
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, 14500shp
Engines by: Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187355
History:
03/1956 Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd, London
1958 Soc Maritime Shell, Le Havre
16/05/1975 Broken up
Comments: 16/05/1975: Arrived at Busan (Pusan) for breaking up by Dongkuk Steel Mill Co
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Breadth extreme, Draught summer


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Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship