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Frenchtown
T2-SE-A1
"Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown".( Photo thanks to Donald A. Baker )
"Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown".
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown" ( a converted T2 tanker ) in Greece 1971.
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown".
( Photo Copyright David Boone )
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown".
( Photo Copyright Walter E. Frost )
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown" at Quebec City, 1964.
( Photo Copyright Harry Stott )
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown" at Quebec City, 1964.( Photo Copyright Harry Stott )
"Invicta", ex. "Geo. G.", ex. "Imperial Fredericton", ex. "Esso Elizabeth", ex. "Frenchtown".
( Photo Copyright Harry Stott )
FRENCHTOWN, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 391. UMSC No. 1724. Official nr. 245196.
Keel laid 06-11-1943. Launched 08-02-1944. Completed 28-03-1944. Gr. 10296 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 15 knots.26 Tanks.
History:
FRENCHTOWN-1944 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
ESSO ELIZABETH-1946 for Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Wilmington, Delaware, USA.
IMPERIAL FREDERICTON-1948 for Imperial Oil Shipping Company Ltd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
GEO G.-1961 for Vespuccio Compania Armadora S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
INVICTA-1973 for Vespuccio Compania Armadora S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
HOLY TRINITY-1978 for Vespuccio Compania Armadora S.A., Monrovia, Liberia.
Additional Reports:
Reported Invicta lengthened, widened and converted into bulker Jan. 1961 by replacement of cargo section with new midbody built by Rheinstahl Nordseewerke, Emden.
New Dimensions 175.4 / 169.1 x 22.9 m, 12646 grt / 20980 dwt.
Reported Holy Trinity sold to shipbreakers in Italy. ArrivedLa Spezia 10 Apr.1973 to be broken up. [ By Cantieri Navali Santa Maria ]
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