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Name: BRITISH VALOUR
Type: Tanker
Launched: 19/12/1956
Completed: 07/1957
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend Yard
Yard Number: 1853
Dimensions: 35246dwt, 22001grt, 12987nrt, 680.0 x 86.4 x 35.1ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 25000shp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 187598
History:
07/1957 BP Tanker Co Ltd, London
10/1957 Transferred to Tanker Charter Co Ltd
1973 Transportes Intermares Armadora SA, Monrovia; renamed MESIS
25/10/1975 Broken up
Comments: Provided with additional power in case of Admiralty service
25/10/1975: Broken up by Hsin Ya Steel Works at Kaohsiung


Above photo is copyright of the Evening Chronicle

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is copyright of Trevor Jones

Above: Laid-up in the Kyles of Bute on the Clyde 21/05/1972. Photo is copyright of Dennis Maccoy

Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson

Above photo as MESIS is copyright of Albert Weller