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Name: BRITISH UNION
Type: Tanker
Launched: 20/12/1949
Completed: 05/1950
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1876
Dimensions: 8663grt, 4985nrt, 12167dwt, 469.6 x 61.9 x 33.9ft
Engines: Oil engine, Doxford type, 2SCSA, 4cyl (600 x 2320mm), 3100bhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 183237
History:
05/1950 British Tanker Co Ltd, London
1956 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
19/12/1962 Broken up
Comments: 19/12/1962: Arrived at Inverkeithing for breaking up by TW Ward Ltd


Above photo copyright of Malcolm Cranfield

Above photo copyright of AJ Hawker