Name: | WILTSHIRE |
Type: | Liquefied Gas Carrier |
Launched: | 16/04/1968 |
Completed: | 09/1968 |
Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 766 |
Dimensions: | 12320dwt, 10036grt, 5630nrt, 497.8 x 70.2 x 27.0ft |
Engines: | Oil engine, 2SA, Doxford type, 4cyl (760 x 2180mm), 8380bhp |
Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 334247 |
History: | |
09/1968 | Bibby Line Ltd (Bibby Bros & Co Ltd), Liverpool |
1973 | Bibby Freighters Ltd, Liverpool |
1981 | Bibby Transport Ltd, Hong Kong |
1994 | Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Co, Bahrain; renamed ZALLAQ |
05/11/1997 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1968: Before completion, Hawthorn Leslie became part of Swan Hunter & Tyne SB Ltd |
1984: On charter to McIlwraith McEacharn Ltd, Melbourne | |
1990: Returned to owners | |
05/11/1997: Broken up at Alang |
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