| Name: | KAYESON |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 10/06/1960 |
| Completed: | 03/1961 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 743 |
| Dimensions: | 44600dwt, 28461grt, 15709nrt, 711.8 x 98.4 x 38.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 16000bhp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 302531 |
| History: | |
| 03/1961 | K Steamship Co Ltd (Kaye Tanker Management Co Ltd), London |
| 1974 | Royal Mail Lines Ltd (Kaye Tanker Management Co Ltd), London |
| 1981 | Mid East Ship Trade Corporation, Panama; renamed AOUNALLAH |
| 1981 | Oriental Commercial Establishment, Jeddah |
| 06/06/1983 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 06/06/1983: Breaking up commenced by Ahmed Steel at Gadani Beach |
Above launch photo is courtesy of Paul Strathdee
Above launch photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair
Fitting out at Hebburn. Photo is courtesy of Clive Ketley
Photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Photo is copyright of W Kane
Photo is copyright of JK Byass
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