FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name SEPT ILES
Type Ore carrier
Yard Number 471
Launched 22/06/1955
Completed 12/1955
Off. Number 188191
Engine builder Richardson, Westgarth Company, Hartlepool
Engine type 2 steam turbines
GRT 21053
Length (feet) 662
Beam (feet) 87
First owner Iron Ore Transport Co., London (1969 Liberia)
   
History 1970 Cosmopolitan Tankers Inc., Liberia
  1972 Oivind Lorentzen, Norway
  1974 BLUE WHALE, Panama Europe Offshore Co., Panama (Netherlands Offshore Co.)
  1975 converted to a pipelayer / crane ship
  1979 TOLTECA, Oceanic Contractors Inc., Panama (McDermott Inc.)
  1981 Construcciones Maritimas Mexicanos S.A., Panama
  1995 Constructora y Arrendadora S.A., Mexico
   
Fate Still in service in 2008

Photo from Harold Appleyard

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