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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
FOYLE |
302561 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1961 |
10/10/1960 |
02/1961 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Tanker Oil
| Steel Steam Turbine |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
Charles Connell & Company, Glasgow |
Scotstoun |
496 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
24549 grt / 14826 nrt / 39316 dwt |
690.5 ft |
90.4 ft |
48.0 ft |
37.7 ft |
Engine builder |
Barclay, Curle & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Engine detail |
1-screw steam turbine Pametrada design, 17600shp, 16 knots |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Charter Shipping Co. Ltd. - James Nourse Ltd., London |
London |
02/01/1961 |
Other names |
1965 MEGNA - 1971 SIMFONIA |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1964 managers Trident Tankers Ltd., London 1968 owners as above 1971 Simfonia Cia Nav., Piraeus |
Vessel history |
Laid up at Piraeus 14/04/1975 - 29/05/1978 |
Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1978 |
Broken Up 12/06/1978 |
Disposal Detail |
Sold for breaking at Castellon by Isaac Manuel Varela Davalillo, arrived on above date, work commenced 09/1978. |
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Launch
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As Megna-John Winters' Collection
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