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Name: LATIA
Type: Tanker
Launched: 15/02/1946
Completed: 05/1946
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 684
Dimensions: 6442grt, 3619nrt, 430.0 x 54.5 x 30.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, Werkspoor type, 6cyl (650 x 1400mm), 566mn
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 12.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 180859
History:
08/05/1946 Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1955 Shell Petroleum Co Ltd, London
1960 Shell Tankers Ltd, London
09/1962 Broken up
Comments: 09/1962: Broken up at Inverkeithing by TW Ward Ltd


Above launch photo is courtesy of Kevin Blair

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily News, Friday, 15/02/1946