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Name: VOLVULA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 27/02/1956
Completed: 10/1956
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1837
Dimensions: 20732grt, 10608nrt, 31000dwt, 659.9 x 84.5 x 34.7ft (*)
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.5knots
Reg Number: 187462
History:
11/10/1956 Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd, London
1958 Soc Maritime Shell, Le Havre
25/04/1984 Broken up
Comments: 25/04/1984: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Chi Shun Hwa Steel
(*) Dimensions are: Length OA, Breadth extreme, Draught summer


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