Oil product tanker; 12,317 grt; 20,449 dwt
Operator: Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, London.
Built: 1975 by Cammell Laird Shipbuilders Ltd, Birkenhead, UK. Yard no: 1364
Propulsion: 2 x vee-12-cylinder, four-stroke Crossley-Pielstick 12PC2V-400 of 10,920 bhp at 520 rpm, geared to single screw shaft. Speed: 15.5 knots
1994-PETRO SEVERN
2000-to breakers in China
Photographed as she was outward bound, probably for Fawley refinery, Southampton, after delivering to the Esso distribution terminal at Purfleet. Esso's Purfleet depot is now connected to Fawley by pipeline.