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Name: NACELLA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 22/03/1943
Completed: 06/1943
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 1675
Dimensions: 12248dwt, 8196grt, 4774nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 6cyl (740 x 1500mm), 490mns
Engines by: Harland & Wolff Ltd, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 168444
History:
25/05/1943 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Company restyled as Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
07/03/1960 Broken up
Comments: Built with AND equipment - Admiralty Net Defence
03/02/1958: Arrived at River Blackwater for lay up
02/03/1960: Towed from River Blackwater by ENGLISHMAN
07/03/1960: Arrived at Bo'ness, Firth of Forth for breaking up
03/1960: Broken up by P & W MacLellan


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