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Name Official number Flag IMO
rebuild TEXACO LONDON    PAN   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1961  14/09/1961  15/11/1961 
Vessel type Vessel description
Tanker Oil  Steel Turbo-electric  
Builder Yard Yard no
Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Glasgow   136 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
10297grt/ 14394 grt / unknown/10013 nrt / 16613 dwt/ 23470 dwt 574 ft 9 in LOA  78 ft 6 in  42 ft 5 in  32 ft 0 in 
Engine builder ,
Engine detail
Steam turbine/ generator connected to electric motor driving single screw, 15knots. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Esso Panama Inc, Panama     
Other names
1971 TEXACO COCLE - 1976 POLARIS 1 
Subsequent owner and registration history
In 1961 Texaco Panama Inc. 
Vessel history
Built 1944 by Sun Shipbuilding Company, Chester, Pennsylvania as ESSO UTICA becoming GLEN COVE in 1957 and TEXACO LONDON in 1961.  
Remarks
New forepart built by Blythswood Yard lengthening and widening her. Tonnages are as before and after rebuilding. 
End year Fate / Status
1977  Broken Up 05/07/1977 
Disposal Detail
Stranded 03/07/1966 on the east coast of San Andres Island,Colombia after breaking moorings in a storm. She was refloated but declared total loss and broken up at Brownsville where she arrived around 05/07/1977 
 

 

Accommodation being placed
Image courtesy of :  Paul Strathdee collection

New section in drydock
Image courtesy of :  Paul Strathdee collection

Original afterpart
Image courtesy of :  Paul Strathdee collection



Completed article
Image courtesy of :  Paul Strathdee collection

Advert for Blythswood
Image courtesy of :  Paul Strathdee collection
 


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