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Sipca Damman
See also : Texaco Copenhagen
"Sipca Damman".
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"Sipca Damman".
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"Sipca Damman".
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"Sipca Damman".
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"Sipca Damman".
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"Sipca Damman".
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Name: Texaco Copenhagen
IMO No: 7043403
Built: 1971
Type: Tanker
Status: 1979-Sipca Damman; Demolished 1983
SubType: Crude
Flag: British
DWT: 267,835
Draft: 20.12
Builder: Odense Staalskibvaerft A/S, Odense & Lindö (35)
GT: 125,424
LOA: 343.85
Owner: Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., England
NT: 98,514
Beam: 51.87
Speed/Cons: 15.0/-
Class: -
Depth: 25.61
Engine Type: Stal-Laval Turbine Company - Finspong, Denmark, 32000 sHP / 23872 kW
Cubic: -
Additional information :
Class - Denmark
Port of Registry - London
Date Entered Texaco Service - 1970
Date Left Texaco Service - 1983 (from SIPCA)
Subsequent Name(s) - SIPCA DAMMAM 1976, Saudi registry, SIPCA prefix was later dropped
Year Built / Builders - 1970 Odense Steel Shipbuilding Ltd Denmark
Length Overall - 1132' 0"
Breadth - 170' 0"
Engine Type - Main Engine Stal laval Type AP40/30 Triple reduction HP, and Double Reduction
LP Axial Exhausting Steam Turbine
Main Boiler Combustion Engineering Type V2M9 Tangentially Fired with Howden Rotary Air Heater.
Main Diesel Generator, the legendary Hedemorra P
Power - 32000 shp
Average Speed - 15.0 knots
Notes - SIPCA = Saudi International Petroleum Carriers Ltd, a joint venture with Texaco.
Ship continued to be manned by TOT officers.