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Esso Leeds - (1956-1964)
"Esso Leeds" passing through Barge Dock, Goole on 13/4/1958, 1956, 170grt. Sold and renamed in 1964 "Humber Queen".
Photo by Richard Dunston, Thorne (914)
"Esso Leeds", one of three shallow draft Diesel Patrol tankers 123 Ft Bpp, by 17 Ft 3 inch moulded.
Breadth 8 Ft moulded depth. Deadweight 223 Tons. Pumping capacity 75 Tons per hour.
Main engine Lister Blackstone 180 BHP at 600 Rpm. 2 : 1 rev. red. Speed loaded 7 knots.
Her sisters were "Esso Nottingham" and "Esso Saltend".