| Name: | FORTHFIELD |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 10/11/1954 |
| Completed: | 04/1955 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 720 |
| Dimensions: | 18150dwt, 12129grt, 6919nrt, 555.8 x 69.5 x 29.9ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 8250shp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 14.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 186841 |
| History: | |
| 22/04/1955 | Northern Petroleum Tank Steamship Co Ltd (Hunting & Son Ltd), Newcastle |
| 1967 | Northern Petroleum & Bulk Freighters Ltd (Hunting & Son Ltd), Newcastle |
| 13/03/1975 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Ordered by Shell Tankers Ltd but sold to Hunting & Son Ltd prior to launching |
| Contracted back to Shell on a 20 year time charter | |
| 27/01/1975: Stranded in the Orinoco River | |
| 13/03/1975: Arrived under tow at Burriana, Spain, for breaking up by Aguilar y Peris |
Above photo is courtesy of Dave Edge
Above photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Above photo is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo is courtesy of George Robinson
Shields Daily News, Thursday, 11/11/1954