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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 (1)".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth".
"Esso Plymouth (1)".
"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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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.