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Esso Company International - World Fleet in 1961
From "ABC Shipping books" Ian Allan Ltd., by H. M. Le Fleming.

ESSO PETROLEUM Co. Ltd. and Esso Transportation Co.
Name :
Date
GRT
(tons)
Length
(feet)
Breadth
(feet)
Speed
(feet)
Engines
Esso Birmingham
1943
10,727
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Bristol
1958
23,972
690
91
17
ST
Esso Cambridge
1954
17,524
628
83
16
ST
Esso Canterbury
1954
17,515
628
83
16
ST
Esso Coventry
1959
23,720
690
90
17
ST
Esso Dublin
1959
23,720
690
90
17
ST
Ësso Durham
1958
23,862
690
90
17
ST
Esso Exeter
1954
17,527
628
83
16
ST
Esso Glasgow
1944
10,727
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Guildford
1957
23,924
690
90
16.5
ST
Esso Liverpool
1959
23,720
690
90
17
ST
Esso Manchester
1944
10,712
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Norwich
1959
23,997
690
80
17
ST
Esso Oxford
1953
17,512
628
83
16
ST
Esso Pembrokeshire
1961
48,815
856
113
17.5
ST
Esso Plymouth
1936
6,837
469
61
11
M
Esso Portsmouth
1959
24,125
690
90
16.5
ST
Esso Purfleet
1944
10,712
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Salisbury
1957
23,972
690
90
16.5
ST
Esso Southampton
1958
23,457
690
90
16.5
ST
Esso Westminster
1953
17,540
628
83
16
ST
Esso Winchester
1958
23,989
690
90
17
ST
Esso Windsor
1958
23,456
690
90
16
ST
Esso York
1954
17,542
628
83
16
ST
Also many small vessels.
Humble Oil & Refining Co. (formerly Esso Standard Oil Co.) (U.S. FLAG)
Esso Allentown
1943
10,494
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Ashville
1944
10,536
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Baltimore
1960
28,000
740
102
17.5
ST
Esso Bangor
1952
17,291
628
83
16
ST
Esso Bermuda
1950
17,578
628
83
16
ST
Esso Bethlehem
1941
10,112
520
68
15.5
ST
Esso Binghampton
1945
10,366
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Boston
1961
29,675
740
102
17
ST
Esso Bridgeport
1945
10,504
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Chattanooga
1941
10,096
520
68
15.5
ST
Esso Chester
1952
17,291
628
83
16
ST
Esso Florence
1954
17,378
628
83
16
ST
Esso Gettysburf
1956
24,543
715
93
18
ST
Esso Gloucester
1953
17,294
628
83
16
ST
Esso Greenville
1944
10,581
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Hartford
1942
10,295
502
68
15
ST
Esso Havana
1950
17,291
628
83
16
ST
Esso Huntington
1953
17,422
628
83
16
ST
Esso Jamestown
1958
23,486
715
93
18
ST
Esso Lexington
1958
23,486
715
93
18
ST
Esso Lima
1949
17,777
628
83
16
ST
Esso New Orieans
1942
10,513
520
68
16
ST
Esso New York
1950
17,420
628
83
16
ST
Esso Newark
1952
17,378
628
83
16
ST
Esso Raieigh
1942
10,575
520
68
16
ST
Esso Scranton
1944
10,565
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Shreveport
1943
10,503
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Suez
1949
17,291
628
83
16
ST
Esso Washington
1957
24,543
715
93
18
ST
Esso Worcester
1945
10,354
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Zurich
1949
17,943
628
83
16
ST
Esso Standard Soc. Anon. Francaise  (FRENCH FLAG)
Esso Alsace
1960
25,300
698
95
17
ST
Esso Bourgogne
1959
25,300
698
95
17
ST
Esso France
1955
23,802
666
91
17.5
ST
Esso Gascogne
1939
10,317
511
66
12
M
Esso Lorraine
1961
25,300
698
95
16.5
ST
Esso Parentis
1958
25,246
697
95
17
ST
Esso Paris
1954
17,378
628
83
16
ST
Also smaller vessels.
Esso Marine (Belgium) Soc. Anon. (BELGIAN FLAG)
Esso Antwerp
1955
17,443
628
83
16
ST
Esso Brussels
1959
26,450
700
97
17
ST
Esso Liege
1960
29,900
740
102
17.5
ST
Esso Tankvaart Maatschappij N.V. (DUTCH FLAG)
Esso Amsterdam
1960
23,965
690
90
17
ST
Esso Nederland
1955
17,650
628
83
17
ST
Esso Rotterdam
1959
24,000
690
90
17
ST
Esso Tankschiff Rederei (GERMAN FLAG)
Esso Berlin
1958
24,108
639
90
17
ST
Esso Bremen ...
1959
30,000
742
102
17.5
ST
Esso Dusseldorf
1954
17,514
630
83
15
ST
Esso Essen
1960
31,684
742
102
17.5
ST
Esso Frankfurt
1955
17,395
630
83
15
ST
Esso Hamburg
1955
17,419
630
83
15
ST
Esso Hanover
1960
24,084
693
90
17
ST
Esso Koln
1961
31,500
740
102
16.5
ST
Esso Munchen
1955
17,418
630
83
15
ST
Esso Nurnberg
1960
23,300
690
90
17
ST
Esso Stuttgart
1959
31,708
740
102
17.5
ST
Also smaller vessels.
Dansk Esso A/S (DANISH FLAG)
Esso Aalborg
1959
20,470
667
84
15.5
M
Esso Aarhus
1956
16,865
622
77
15.5
M
Esso Danmark
1960
20,488
677
84
15.5
M
Esso Kobenhavn
1930
12,062
524
70
11.5
M (2)
Esso Nyborg
1945
9,949
501
65
12
M (2)
Also smaller vessels.
Esso Rederi A/B (SWEDISH PLAG)
Esso Stockholm
1961
32,000
740
102
16.75
ST
"La Columbia" Soc. Mar. per Azioni (ITALIAN PLAG)
Esso Liguria
1954
6,836
432
63
12,5
ST
Esso Napoli
1961
31,700
740
102
17
ST
Esso Roma
1959
24,000
690
90
17
ST
Esso Venezia
1955
14,991
590
77
15
ST
Panama Transport Co. (PANAMA FLAG)
Esso Argentina
1957
23,363
690
90
16
ST
Esso Aruba
1959
29,987
740
102
17.5
ST
Esso Belgium
1949
17,833
628
83
16
ST
Esso Brazil
1945
11,008
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Brooklyn
1943
10,399
502
68
15
ST
Esso Buffalo
1943
11,349
547
70
15.5
ST
Esso Chile
1957
23,600
690
90
16
ST
Esso Colombia
1955
23,414
690
90
16
ST
Esso Colon
1949
17,420
628
83
16
ST
Esso Christobal
1949
17,420
628
82
16
ST
Esso Cuba
1957
23,437
690
90
17
ST
Esso Genova
1949
17,061
628
83
16
ST
Esso Montevideo
1949
17,420
628
83
16
ST
Esso Norfolk
1942
10,501
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Panama
1958
23,363
689
90
17
ST
Esso Peru
1959
23,437
690
90
17
ST
Esso Puerto Rico
1958
24,000
690
90
17
ST
Esso Rochester
1943
11,720
520
70
15.5
ST
Esso San Juan
1943
11,217
565
68
14.5
TE
Esso Santos
1950
17,328
629
83
16
ST
Esso Sao Paulo
1944
11,307
624
68
14.5
TE
Esso Switzerland
1959
24,000
690
90
16.5
ST
Esso Syracuse
1942
11,326
547
70
15.5
ST
Esso Trinidad
1958
23,363
689
90
17
ST
Esso Uruguay
1958
23,437
690
90
17
ST
Creole Petroleum Corp. (PANAMA FLAG)
Esso Amuay
1959
23,000
690
91
15
ST
Esso Carapito
1959
23,000
690
91
15
ST
Esso Caracas
1959
22,000
650
91
16
ST
Esso Maracaibo
1959
22,000
650
91
16
ST
Cia de Petroleo Lago (VENEZUELAN FLAG)
Esso Boscan
1937
3,683
365
60
7.5
SR (2)
Esso Guiria
1943
3,401
366
70
8.5
SR (2)
Esso La Guaira
1955
7,435
425
66
12
SR (2)
Esso La Salina
1945
10,458
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Mara
1945
3,401
366
70
7.5
SR (2)
Esso Maragarita
1953
7,435
425
66
12
SR (2)
Esso Orinoco
1933
11,191
542
70
11.5
M (2)
Esso Venezuela
1945
3,160
325
48
11
M
0/Y Esso A/B (FINNISH FLAG)
Esso Fennia
1960
2,800
302
46
13
M
Standard Tankers (Bahamas) Co. Ltd. (BRITISH FLAG)
Esso Nassau
1944
10,714
524
68
14.5
TE
Esso Norway
1961
29,900
740
102
17.5
ST