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Name: BLUE ROVER
Type: Fleet Tanker
Launched: 11/11/1969
Completed: 15/07/1970
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: Hebburn Yard
Yard Number: 8
Dimensions: 6882dwt, 7511grt, 140.5 x 19.2 x 7.3(draft)m
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, Ruston type, 16cyl; (1974: Peilstick type)
Engines by: Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln; (1974: Crossley Premier Engines, Manchester)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 19.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 339224
History:
15/07/1970 The Admiralty - Royal Fleet Auxilliary, London
31/03/1993 Government of Portugal; renamed NRP BERRIO
No later history known
Comments: Allocated pennant number A270
Fitted with a helicopter pad but has no hangar facilities
1974: Re-engined with Peilstick engines
04/1993: Allocated pennant number A5210
2016: Still in service


Above photo as BLUE ROVER, dated 05/07/1970 is copyright of Peter Crichton

Above photo as BLUE ROVER is copyright of the Webmaster

Above photo as BLUE ROVER courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as BLUE ROVER courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as NRP BERRIO, dated 05/2015, is copyright of Roger Hammond

Above photo as NRP BERRIO courtesy of Photoship