FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL
| Name | BRITISH LIBERTY |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 287 |
| Launched | 17/01/1939 |
| Completed | 02/1939 |
| Off. Number | 167191 |
| Engine builder | Wm. Doxford & Son, Sunderland |
| Engine type | 2 SCSA 4cyl., aft |
| GRT | 8485 |
| Length (feet) | 466.8 |
| Beam (feet) | 62 |
| First owner | British Tanker Co. Ltd., London |
| Fate | 07/01/1940 sunk by a British mine when 4 miles NE of Dyck LV on passage Haifa for Dunkerque with crude oil. |
Photo from Clive Ketley ....
... and a launch day photo
.... perhaps this was the launch party!
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