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Castle's Woods
T2-SE-A1
"Castle's Woods", source, location and date unknown..
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods", source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods", location and date unknown.
( Caltex postcard )
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods" at Sydney, Australia, durin the 50's.
( Courtesy of Basil Harris MPB Private Collection Sydney )
"Texaco Bombay", ex. "Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods" after rebuild, location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods"" after rebuild, location and date unknown..
( Courtesy of Basil Harris MPB Private Collection Sydney )
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods" after rebuild, source, location and date unknown.
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods" after rebuild, source, location and date unknown.
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods" after rebuild, location and date unknown.
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods" after rebuild, source, location and date unknown.
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex "Castle Woods" after rebuild, source, location and date unknown.
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex "Castle Woods" after rebuild, anchored, source, location and date unknown.
"Caltex Bombay" ex "Castle Woods".
( Painting by Joe Whelan )
CASTLE WOODS, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 486. UMSC No.2443. Official nr. 248008.
Keel laid 17-02-1945. Launched 25-05-1945. Completed 06-06-1945. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 18 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
CASTLE WOODS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
CASTLE WOODS-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX BOMBAY-1951for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO BOMBAY-1968 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco Bombay lengthened and widened in 1968 at Hitachi Zosen K.K., Kawasaki.
New dimensions 172.4 oa x 23.6 m, 13892 grt / 23708 dwt.
Reported Texaco Bombay sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 6 Aug. 1982 to be broken up. Work began 10 Aug. 1982. [ By Nin Sin Steel Enterprise Company Ltd. ]
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"Castle Woods" Status Card.