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Name: GARONNE
Type: Tanker
Launched: 16/06/1959
Completed: 12/1959
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs (Shipbuilders) Ltd
Yard: High Walker
Yard Number: 168
Dimensions: 24513grt, 14562nrt, 37383dwt, 690.3 x 90.5 x 36.7ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, DR geared, 17600shp
Engines by: Vickers-Armstrongs (Engineering) Ltd, Barrow in Furness
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 16.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 301034
History:
12/1959 Orient Steam Navigation Co Ltd, London
05/1960 Managers became P&O-Orient Lines
1963 Managers became Trident Tankers Ltd, London
03/1965 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co (Trident Tankers Ltd), London
04/1970 Trident Tankers Ltd, London
08/1971 Managers became P&O Bulk Shipping Division
09/1972 Peninsular & Oriental SN Co, London
04/1973 St Thomas Maritime Co Ltd, Monrovia; renamed ST THOMAS
02/1976 Broken up
Comments: 20/02/1976: Arrived at New York for breaking up
02/1976: Broken up by Union Minerals & Alloys Corp


Above photo as GARONNE is copyright of Chris Howell

Above photo as GARONNE is courtesy of Photoship