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Esso Cadillac - (1946-1956)
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"Esso Cadillac".
"Esso Cadillac" build in 1940, 8,149 GRT, by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Ltd., Newcastle, as "Empire Bonze".
Measurememnts : 485 Feet (loa) x 59 Feet (breadth).
Engines : Oil
1946: "Esso Cadillac".
1950: "Maribelle II"(Chandris)
1959 : Broken up at Osaka.
 "Esso Cadillac", ex. "Empire Bronze".
 
"Esso Cadillac", ex. "Empire Bronze".
"Esso Cadillac", ex. "Empire Bronze".
 "Esso Cadillac", ex. "Empire Bronze".

 "Esso Cadillac", ex. "Empire Bronze".

ms “EMPIRE BRONZE”
Design: ‘Ocean‘ Class Tanker
ID: 1168646 - Type: Tanker - Launched: 19/08/1940 - Completed: 11/1940
Builder: Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Yard: Hebben, Yard Number: 627
Dimensions: 12000dwt, 8142grt, 4770nrt, 465.3 x 59.3 x 33.8ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SCSA, 8cyl (25.3 x 55.1ins), 502nhp
Engines by: Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle - Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 10.5knots
History:
30/10/1940 Ministry of War Transport (A Weir & Co, managers), South Shields
1942 Ministry of War Transport (Anglo American Oil Co Ltd, managers), South Shields
1945 Anglo American Oil Co Ltd (RA Carder, managers), South Shields
1946 Renamed ESSO CADILLAC
1951 Esso Petroleum Co Ltd, South Shields
1956 Mariblanca Nav SA, Monrovia, Liberia; renamed MARIBELLA II
14/08/1959: Broken up by Hanwa Co Ltd at Osaka

"EMPIRE BRONZE"
IDNo:
1168646
Year:
1940
Name:
EMPIRE BRONZE
Keel:
Type:
Tanker
Launch Date:
19.08.1940
Flag:
GBR
Date of completion:
11.1940

Tons:
8149
Link:
-
DWT:
Yard No:
627
Length overall:
Ship Design:
LPP:
141.8
Country of build:
GBR
Beam:
18.1
Builder:
Hawthorn Leslie
Material of build:
Location of yard:
Hebburn
Number of screws/Mchy/Speed(kn):
1D-10.5

Subsequent History:
1946 ESSO CADILLAC - 1956 MARIBELLA II

Disposal Data:
Scrapped at Osaka 14.08.1959. [ By Hanwa Co., Ltd. ]

History:
ON
LR/IMO
ID
Year
Name
Tons
Change
Registered Owner
168646
1168646
1940
EMPIRE BRONZE
8149
British Govt.
168646
1168646
1940
ESSO CADILLAC
8142
1946
Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd.
168646
1168646
1940
ESSO CADILLAC
8142
1951
Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd.
861
1168646
1940
MARIBELLA II
8142
1956
Mariblanca Nav SA