| Name: | HELICINA |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 04/04/1946 |
| Completed: | 10/1946 |
| Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 1711 |
| Dimensions: | 12167grt, 7232nrt, 18100dwt, 583.5 x 70.2 x 31.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines with electric drive |
| Engines by: | British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, Rugby |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 180983 |
| History: | |
| 22/10/1946 | Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1955 | Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London |
| 1960 | Shell Tankers Ltd, London |
| 20/04/1962 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Laid down as HELICINA & taken over by the Admiralty and renamed OLEANDER |
| War ended before she was launched so she reverted to HELICINA for Shell | |
| 20/04/1962: Arrived at Blyth for breaking up by Hughes Bolckow Ltd |
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