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Stanvac Pretoria
A "Look A Like" T3-Tanker
STANVAC PRETORIA, PA, 1ST (aft)(15)
10,202 GRT for A-C Tankers Co., Inc., Panama, 501' 8 x 68' 4
Tanker built by Bethlehem Sparrow's Point Shipyard, Inc., Sparrow's Point, Md., (8), #4479
Broken up at Singapore 1962 by Malayan Shipbreakers, Ltd., arrived 16.09.1962, work completed in 02.1963,
sold with unrepaired grounding damage sustained 24 June 1962 east of Zuidwachter Island.
( See photos below )
The Miramar Ship Index for "STANVAC PRETORIA"
IDNo:
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5607722
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Year:
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1950
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Name:
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STANVAC PRETORIA
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Keel:
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Type:
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Tanker
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Launch Date:
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21.06.1950
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Flag:
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PAN
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Date of completion:
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08.1950
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Tons:
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10201
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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16563
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Yard No:
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4479
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Length overall:
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152.9
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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148.7
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Country of build:
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USA
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Beam:
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20.8
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Builder:
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Bethlehem
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Sparrow's Point
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1ST-15
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Subsequent History:
Disposal Data:
Wrecked Zuidwachter Is 24.06.1962 & scrapped at Singapore 16.09.1962.
History :
ON
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LR/IMO
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ID
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Year
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Name
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Tons
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Change
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Main Owner
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|
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5607722
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1950
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STANVAC PRETORIA
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10201
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-
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A-C Tankers Co.
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Launch of the "Stanvac Pretoria", June 21th, 1950.
( Photo collection Richard Cox )
"Stanvac Pretoria" was build in 1950 by Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard Inc.,
Sparrows Point, Md. #4479. 10,201 grt, 16,563 dwt.
Owned by A-C Tankers Co., Inc., Panama, in bare boat charter for Standard Vacuum Co., Ltd.
Damaged by stranding on Zuidvachter Island on 24/6/1962, broken up.
"Stanvac Pretoria", photo taken on the Brisbane River Queensland
in the mid to late 1940's.
"Stanvac Pretoria" damaged after a collision with the SS "Iberia" of P&O Lines in 1956,
at the Mazagaon Dockyard, Bombay.
( Photo thanks to Frank Holden )
SS "Iberia", built in 1954, by Harland & Wolff, Belfats.
Broken up at Kaohsiung 05.09.1972
"Iberia" after accident in the Indian Ocean in 1956.
( Photo: © Alan Cedargreen )
"Iberia" after accident in the Indian Ocean in 1956.
( Photo: © Alan Cedargreen )
"Iberia" after accident in the Indian Ocean in 1956.
( Photo: © Alan Cedargreen )
A small amount of information about the collision is available here:
(P&O Iberia detailed history).
( The conditions at the time were "flat-calm", not "heavy seas" as given in P&O's history. )
Some photos of the damage to the Iberia are shown at the bottom of this page:
They incorrectly state it happened off Columbia and refer to the Stanvac Pretoria as
a Freighter, whereas it actually occurred in the Indian Ocean off Columbo, Sri-Lanka.