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Esso Argentina - (1958-1970)
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"Esso Argentina" at the Cantieri Riuniti shipyard, Monfalcone, Italy in 1958.
( Photo collection Mr. Fulvio Petronio )
"Esso Argentina" at the Cantieri Riuniti shipyard, Monfalcone, Italy in 1958.( Photo Archivio Fotografico CCM )
ESSO ARGENTINA - 1958
Code letters: HPDX
Rigging: steel steam tanker; 1 deck; fitted with direction finder, echo sounding device, gyro-compass, position finding
device, radar & radiotelephony
Tonnage: 23,363 tons gross, 14,190 tons net and 35,550 tons deadweight
Dimensions: 690ft. long, 90ft. 3in. beam and tanks 35ft. 7in. deep
Construction: 1958, Cantieri Riuniti Dell'Adriatico in Montefalcone
Propulsion: 2 Parsons steam turbines double reduction geared to screw shaft; engines by Cantieri Riuniti
Dell'Adriatico in Trieste
Owners: Panama Transport (Panamanian Co., managers)
Port of registry: Panama.
"Esso Argentina" at the Cantieri Riuniti shipyard, Monfalcone, Italy in 1958.
( Photo collection Mr. Fulvio Petronio )
"Esso Argentina" during sea trials.
( Photo collection Mr. Fulvio Petronio )
"Esso Argentina".
"Esso Argentina" smoking big clouds !
Hi ! I had a picture of ESSO ARGENTINA in my archive, since you was looking
for here, I mail it to you, I don't know if this is the one you was looking for,
she was build in Monfalcone 1958.
Best regards
Rolf Skiold
In 1970 she became "Nepco Energy", in 1976 sold for breaking up in Taiwan.