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Esso Plymouth (1) - (1950-1962)
See her as : Comanchee (2) - (1936-1950)
Build as "Comanchee (II)", for the Anglo-American Oil Co., she became "Esso Plymouth (I)" in 1950.
Arrived 1962.08.09, at Grimstad for breaking up.
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth", at Hamburg, Germany.
( Photo Copyright Andrea Hoppe )
"Esso Plymouth".
Yard No: 544
Name: COMANCHEE
Current Name: ESSO PLYMOUTH (1950)
Shipbuilder: John Brown Clydebank
Launched: 09 January 1936
Built: 1936
Ship Type: Tanker
Length: 450 feet
Breadth: 61 feet
Owner: Anglo-American Oil Company
Status: Scrapped - 13/8/1962 Grimstad.
The Miramar Ship Index for "COMANCHEE"
IDNo:
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1164067
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Year:
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1936
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Name:
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COMANCHEE
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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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09.01.1936
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Flag:
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GBR
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Date of completion:
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03.1936
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Tons:
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6837
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Link:
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-
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DWT:
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Yard No:
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544
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Length overall:
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Ship Design:
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LPP:
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137.2
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Country of build:
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GBR
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Beam:
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18.7
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Builder:
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John Brown
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Material of build:
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Location of yard:
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Clydebank
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Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
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1D-12
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|
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Subsequent History:
1950 ESSO PLYMOUTH
Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Grimstad 13.08.1962.
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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164067
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1164067
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1936
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COMANCHEE
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6837
|
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Anglo-American Oil Co.
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164067
|
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1164067
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1936
|
ESSO PLYMOUTH
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6837
|
1950
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Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd.
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Additional Info by Starke & Schell Registers :
COMANCHEE - 1936, BR, 1M (aft), (12)
6,837 GRT for Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., Glasgow, 450.2 x 61.2
Tanker built by J. Brown & Co., Ltd., Clydebank, Glasgow, (3), #544, 164067
1950 - ESSO PLYMOUTH, Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd., Glasgow
Broken up at Grimstad 1962 by Norsk Skipsopphugnings Co., arrived 13.08.1962.