SMITH'S DOCK COMPANY LTD., SOUTH BANK
| Name | BRITISH KIWI |
| Type | Tanker |
| Yard Number | 1256 |
| Launched | 21/07/1959 |
| Completed | 01/1960 |
| Off. Number | 304042 |
| Engine builder | Hawthorn Leslie, Hebburn |
| Engine type | 2 S.C.S.A. 6 cyl. Doxford |
| GRT | 11178 |
| Length (feet) | 525.2 |
| Beam (feet) | 69.3 |
| First owner | BP Tanker Company, London |
| History | 03/1960 Clyde Charter Co. Ltd. |
| 1972 BP Tanker Company, London | |
| 1976 FORTIES KIWI, BP Oil Development Company, converted to offshore support vessel | |
| 1982 renamed COLTAIR | |
| 1986 KITTY, Waterloo Shipping Co., Malta (11019 grt.) | |
| 10/02/1986 - 11/04/1989 laid up in River Blackwater | |
| Fate | 30/04/1989 passed Suez en route to breakers at Alang, arrived 14/05/1989. |
BRITISH KIWI as Offshore Support Vessel KITTY
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