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Name: CHANT 60
Type: Tanker
Launched: 11/04/1944
Completed: 04/1944
Builder: J Readhead & Sons Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: T1
Dimensions: 404grt, 213nrt, 142.2 x 27.0 x 8.5ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (8.5 x 13.75ins)
Engines by: Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day Ltd, Stockport
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 7.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180216
History:
04/1944 Ministry of War Transport (Bulk Oil Steamship Co Ltd, managers), South Shields
1946 Shell Co (Malta) Ltd, London; renamed ARZELLA
1962 Ciane Cia di Nav SpA, Syracuse, Sicily; renamed CARAVELLA BUNKER
1967 Ciane-Anapo Cia di Nav e Bunkeraggi SpA, Syracuse, Sicily
23/09/1986 Broken up
Comments: A CHANT (from Channel Tanker) was a type of prefabricated coastal tanker
A total of twenty-eight prefabricated sections were made up into a ship
CHANT 60 & 61 were assembled on a road between two slipways
They were allocated separate yard numbers, but not in the main sequence
23/09/86: Broken up at Savona by G Riccardi


CHANT 60 & 61 on the same berth. Photo copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

CHANT 60 & 61 ready for delivery at Readhead's yard. Photo courtesy of Kevin Blair

Photo as ARZELLA courtesy of Richard Cox

Photo as CARAVELLA BUNKER courtesy of Richard Cox