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Name: HAUSTRUM
Type: Tanker
Launched: 29/06/1953
Completed: 02/1954
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 718
Dimensions: 18125dwt, 12090grt, 6943nrt, 555.8 x 69.5 x 29.9ft
Engines: 2 x Steam turbines, 8250shp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 14.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 186014
History:
20/02/1954 Shell Bermuda (Overseas) Ltd, London
13/05/1975 Broken up
Comments: 13/05/1975: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up
07/07/1975: Work commenced by Chin Ho Fa Steel & Iron Co Ltd


Above: Leaving for trials 03/02/1954. Photo is copyright of the Shields Gazette, courtesy of Kevin Blair

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