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"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer".
( Daily Telegraph picture )
Text with photo :
February 5th, 1971.
NEWS SERVICE FOR TANKER
Radio equipment and machinery for print automatically a daily news sheet for the crew of the "British Explorer", 215.000 tons, were lowered aboard by helicopters in the English channel yesterday.
The tanker leaves tomorrow on a two-month voyage to the Persian Gulf and back. The Daily Telegraph is provising the news service.
The photo shows : R.A.F. Wessex Helicopters lowering radio equipment and machinery aboard the "British Explorer" in the English channel yesterday.
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"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.
"British Explorer", source, location and date unknown.The Miramar Ship Index for
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BRITISH EXPLORER
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IDNo / IMO
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7004677
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Year
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1970
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Name
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BRITISH EXPLORER
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Flag
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GBR
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Owner
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BP Medway Tanker Co., Ltd.
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Type
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Tanker
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Tons
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108530
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DWT
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215551
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LOA
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326,00
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LPP
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310,00
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Beam
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48,80
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Dept
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24,52
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Draft
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18,90
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Machinery
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1ST-15
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kW
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22380
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ShipDesign
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VLCC
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Builder
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Mitsubishi Heavy Ind., Ltd.
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Yard
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Nagasaki
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Yard No
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1662
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Country built
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JPN
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Keel
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????
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Launch
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16.11.1969
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Completed
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01.03.1970
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Subsequent History
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None
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End
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1981
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Disposal Data
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Scrapped at Kaohsiung 26.10.1981, work began 16.11.1981. [ ByPao Fuat Steel & Iron Works Co. ]
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