Auke Visser´s Esso UK Tanker's site | home
People of Esso - UK - 4
That was then...
Shipshape and Bristol fashion
“March 1964: On board the Esso London, the chief steward (left), chief officer and Captain JH Palmer-
Felgate (right), make their weekly inspection of the accommodation,” reads the caption to this vintage
photograph from IMT’s archive. According to the caption: “The 90,173 deadweight ton supertanker...with a
swimming pool, library and facilities for film shows...is among the most comfortable ships in the British
merchant navy.”