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Photographer:
Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Title:
Blia
Added:
May 22, 2023
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280
Image Resolution:
3,966 x 2,456

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Can anyone identify this Norwegian tanker, seen in the Manchester Ship Canal near Irlam in the 1960s, please?

Slide taken by the late John Slavin, scanned courtesy of Neil Burns

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Current name:
PETRO-AMBESSA

Former name(s):

 -  Petro-ambes (Until 1968)

 -  Blia (Until 1962)

Gross tonnage:
1,991 tons
Summer DWT:
2,650 tons
Length:
88.3 m
Beam:
13 m

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Good morning Manfred. Many thanks for your quick identification of this tanker, which I did not recognise at all!
Best regards. Malcolm

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Hi Malcolm,
she is BLIA, IMO 5276264 built in 1952 by H.C. StülckenSohn, Hamburg (796)
62- PETRO-AMBES
68- PETRO-AMBESSA
69- fire and broken up at Massawa.
Your photo here:
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/2669179
https://www.sjohistorie.no/no/skip/3913/#&gid=1&pid=1
Best wishes, Manfred

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