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Parkgate (Small tanker) - (1925-1955)
See also : Esso Parkgate (Small tanker) - (1955-1970)
Unfortunaly no picture available, anyone ?????
Distribution tanker (barge), for service in Southampton Water, carrying oil in portable tanks,
was built in 1925, by W.J. Yarmouth & Sons, Nortwich.
Tonnage: 24 Nrt, 43 Grt, 54 Brt.
Dimensions, 71' x 14' 1" x 5'.
Parafin engine.
1955 renamed "Esso Parkgate"
1970 sold as "Parkstan" ( Southern Tanker & Bunkering Co. )
1975 sold as "Boshan" ( Bowker & King Ltd., London )
1985 Scrapped.