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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