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British Pioneer (2)
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 "British Pioneer (2)", in South China Sea, July 2nd, .2008.
( Photo Copyright Ivan Meshkov )
"British Pioneer (2)".
( Photo by ?? )
 "British Pioneer (2)". Anchored within the inner harbour, Long Beach, USA. Seen from the vessels lifeboat when on test.
December 1th, 2005.
( Photo Copyright Malim Sahib )
"British Pioneer (2)".
( Photo by Martin Graaskov )
 
"British Pioneer (2)".
( Copyright reserved )
 
"British Pioneer (2)", Khor Al Amaya, Iraq, October 19th, 2005.
( Photo Copyright Malim Sahib )
 
"British Pioneer (2)".
( Copyright reserved )
 "British Pioneer (2) - model".
( Photo Copyright Reserved )

The Miramar Ship Index for
BRITISH PIONEER (2)
IDNo / IMO
9180140
Year
1999
Name
BRITISH PIONEER (2)
Flag
GBR
Owner
Abbey National December Leasing (2) Ltd.
Type
Tanker
Tons
160216
DWT
306397
LOA
334,00
LPP
320,00
Beam
58,00
Dept
31,25
Draft
22,52
Machinery
1D-15.0
kW
25467
ShipDesign
VLCC
Builder
Samsung HI
Yard
Koje
Yard No
1241
Country built
KOR
Keel
12.04.1999
Launch
25.07.1999
Completed
02.12.1999
Subsequent History
2007 BRITISH PIONEER - Buckingham Petro Ltd.
2011 PIONEER - Buckingham Petro Ltd.
2015 RIDGEBURY PIONEER - Ridgebury lima LLC
2018 PIONEER - ????
End
2018
Disposal Data
Scrapped at Alang 18.06.1918.

BRITISH PIONEER (2)

IMO NUMBER
9180140
VESSEL TYPE
CRUDE OIL TANKER
HULL TYPE
DOUBLE HULL
GROSS TONNAGE
160.216 tons
SUMMER DWT
306.397 tons
BUILD
1999
BUILDER
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES ULSAN - SOUTH KOREA
FLAG
ISLE OF MAN (UK)
MANAGER
INDEPENDENT TANKERS BERMUDA
OWNER
BUCKINGHAM SHIPPING ISLE OF MAN - U.K.
INSURER
BRITANNIA STEAMSHIP U.K.

VESSEL DETAILS
CLASSIFICATION
+100 A1 DOUBLE HULL ESP, SHIPRIGHT (SDA, FDA, CM, ES+1.0 DECK WITHIN 0.4L AMIDSHIPS), SHIPRIGHT (HCM, SERS, SEA(R)), +LMC, NAV1, UMS, CCS, COW, SC M, IGS, SBT (PROTECTIVE LOCATION), IWS AND IBS
GENERIC
SPEED
15,0 knots
DIMENSIONS
BOW TO BRIDGE
280,00 m
BREADTH EXTREME
58,04 m
BREADTH MOULDED
58,00 m
DEPTH
31,25 m
DRAUGHT
22,52 m
FREEBOARD
8730,0 mm
KEEL TO MASTHEAD
67,80 m
LENGTH B/W PERPENDICULARS
320,00 m
LENGTH OVERALL
334,00 m
TONNAGES
NET TONNAGE
105889 tons
LOADLINE
DEADWEIGHT (MAXIMUM ASSIGNED)
306397 tons
DEADWEIGHT (SEGREGATED BALLAST)
109820 tons
DEADWEIGHT (TROPICAL)
307968 tons
DEADWEIGHT (WINTER)
288612 tons
DISPLACEMENT (LIGHTSHIP)
42420 tons
DISPLACEMENT (SEGREGATED BALLAST)
152240 tons
DISPLACEMENT (SUMMER)
348817 tons
DISPLACEMENT (TROPICAL)
356955 tons
DISPLACEMENT (WINTER)
340717 tons
DRAFT (LIGHTSHIP)
3,22 m
DRAFT (SEGREGATED BALLAST)
10,75 m
DRAFT (SUMMER)
22,15 m
DRAFT (TROPICAL)
22,61 m
DRAFT (WINTER)
21,49 m
DRAUGHT AFT (NORMAL BALLAST)
12,42 m
DRAUGHT FORE (NORMAL BALLAST)
9,10 m
FREEBOARD (LIGHTSHIP)
26261,0 mm
FREEBOARD (SEGREGATED BALLAST)
18735,0 mm
FREEBOARD (SUMMER)
7333,0 mm
FREEBOARD (TROPICAL)
6872,0 mm
FREEBOARD (WINTER)
7994,0 mm
FWA (SUMMER DRAFT)
504,0 mm
TPC IMMERSION (SUMMER DRAFT)
173,00 tons
CAPACITIES
BALLAST
107014 tons
BUNKER
7547 tons
COMMUNICATION
CALL SIGN
MZBN2
HISTORICAL INFO
DATE OF ORDER
1997 Oct 30
KEEL LAID
1999 Apr 12
LAUNCH DATE
1999 Jul 25
YARD NUMBER
1241
New name
Pioneer
(since 01/12/1999)
Ridgebury Pioneer
(since 11/11/2015)