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Name: STRAIT OF CANSO
Type: Tanker
Launched: 25/04/1975
Completed: 23/10/1975
Builder: Swan Hunter & Tyne Shipbuilders Ltd
Yard: South Shields
Yard Number: 90
Dimensions: 32290dwt, 17795grt, 12475nrt, 191.98 x 26.95 x 10.39(draft)m
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, Sulzer type, 7cyl (760 x 1550mm), 14000bhp
Engines by: Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd, Whiteinch, Glasgow
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 15.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 363064
History:
23/10/1975 Northumbrian Shipping Co Ltd (Common Bros), Newcastle
1979 Hindustan Steam Shipping Co Ltd, Newcastle
1982 Ching Tankers Ltd, Monrovia; renamed AURA ADVENTURE
1986 Seavalley Shipping Ltd, Limassol; renamed SEABORN
1989 Zhuhai Shipping Enterprise Co Ltd, People's Republic of China; renamed XIANG HAI
1998 China Shipping Development Co Ltd, People's Republic of China
06/2007 Broken up
Comments: 06/2007: Broken up in China


Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is copyright of Ken Lubi

Above photo is courtesy of John Bage

Above photo as SEABORN is copyright of Corveleyn Roger

Above photo as SEABORN is copyright of Corveleyn Roger