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BRITISH DUCHESS - IMO 5052577
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Photographer:Bunts [ View profile ]
Title:British Duchess
Photo Category:Tankers Built Before 1970
Added:Jan 3, 2008
Views:2,673
Image Resolution:1,800 x 1,151
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Suez 1967
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Current name:PETROLA 25
Former name(s):
- British Duchess (Until 1975)
Vessel Type:Tanker
Gross tonnage:27,279 tons
Summer DWT:46,313 tons
Photos:3 photos by 3 photographers
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Nice old photograph still retaining its original colour wich is more than can be said for a lot of my 35mm photographs :-x
Some additional information courtesy of http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=2491
TSS BRITISH DUCHESS
built by John Brown Clydebank,
Yard No 703
Engines by John Brown & Co Clydebank
Last Name: PETROLA 25
Propulsion: 2 Steam turbines dr geared to sc shaft 17600shp 16 knots machy aft
Launched: Monday, 02 June 1958
Built: 1958
Ship Type: Tanker
Tonnage: 27585 grt | 14689 nrt | 42441 dwt
Length: 710 feet 1
Breadth: 95 feet 5
Draught: 40 feet 5
Owner History:
British Tanker Company London
Status: Scrapped - 1978 Spain
Regards
Steve Ellwood
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I just love these old color pictures. Keep posting.
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