Product tanker; 12,834 grt; 18,764 dwt.
Operator: Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd, London. Flag: British.
Built: 1959 by Blythswood Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Scotstoun, Glasgow. Yard no. 126
Main engine: six-cylinder, two-stroke, opposed-piston David Rowan-Doxford 70LBD6 of 7,500 bhp. Speed: 14 knots.
Built for Regent Petroleum Tankship Co Ltd, London as REGENT EAGLE
1969-renamed TEXACO GLOUCESTER when the Regent brand was merged into Texaco.
1981-sold to Fuego Shipping Ltd, Monrovia (Gulf Shipping Lines Ltd, London). Managers: Gulfeast Ship Management Ltd, Hong Kong. Renamed FIVE LAKES (Panama flag).
1984-to breakers at Chittagong, Bangladesh 27/9.
Photo: Lower Hope, River Thames, inbound for Purfleet.