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Friday 26 July 2013

Dutch Very Large Crude Carrier Esso Nederland 1969-1982

Laid down on 10 May 1969 at the Dutch shipyard Verolme Dok- en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij Rozenburg with yard number  785, launched on 20 December 1969 and completed in 1970. Antilles-flagged. IMO 7006259. Gross tonnage 127.176 tons, net tonnage 97.964 net tonnage and deadweight 249.9952-253.962 tons and as dimensions 329,2 (between perpendiculars)-347,8 (over all0 x 51,9 x 19,91 and 25,61 metres. The horsepower of 31.550 ahp allowed with a single screw a speed of 15,5 knots. Owned by Esso Tkvt/Nederlandse Antillen NV. Broken up at Hai Kwang Steel Enterprise, Kaohsiung in 1982 (work started on 17 August).