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Royal Fleet Auxiliary; Olwen (ex-Olynthus) A122 Hawthorn Leslie and Company, Tyneside: 11 July 1963 10 July 1964 12 July 1965 19 September 2000 Olna: A123 2 July 1964 28 July 1965 1 April 1966 24 September 2000 Olmeda (ex-Oleander) A124 Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Wallsend, Tyne and Wear: 27 August 1963 10 July 1964 19 October 1965 January ...
Ol-class large fleet tanker (1965) Olmeda; Olna; Olwen; Tide (I)-class fleet replenishment tanker (1963) Tidespring; Tidepool; Leaf-class support tanker, Blythswood Shipbuilding Company type (1960) Pearleaf; Leaf-class support tanker, Blyth Drydock & Engineering Company type (1960) Plumleaf; Leaf-class support tanker, Furness Shipbuilding ...
Crude Oil Tanker United Kingdom: 113968 2011 EAGLE HAMILTON 9426207 Crude Oil Tanker United Kingdom: 114022 2010 ECO BEL AIR: Top Ships Inc. 9794056: Crude Oil Tanker United States: 157286 2021 ECO BEVERLY HILLS: Top Ships Inc. Crude Oil Tanker United States: 157286 2019 ECO JOSHUA PARK: Top Ships Inc. Product and Chemical Tanker Fleet United ...
Tanker: For Royal Fleet Auxiliary. 24 March West Germany: Nordseewerke Emden: Skolpen: Kobben-class submarine: For Royal Norwegian Navy: 26 March United States: National Steel & Shipbuilding: San Diego, California: Niagara Falls: Mars-class combat stores ship For United States Navy: 31 March United Kingdom: Brooke Marine Ltd. Lowestoft: Goldeneye
Three large modern tankers, built to varying designs in the mid-1960s, were charted by the Royal Fleet Auxiliary to support naval operations east of the Suez Canal, in the waters of the Indian Ocean and the Far East. [1] They were given traditional RFA names, reusing three names that had been used for the Second World War-era Dale-class oilers ...
Until then, the washing of tanks after cargo discharge was done by water. In December 1969 three tankers exploded during tank washing. The Dutch Shell tanker Marpessa sank off Dakar and became the largest merchant vessel ever lost. The other two, the British Shell tanker Mactra and the Norwegian Kong Haakon VII were damaged heavily, but ...
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With the onset of the Great Depression in the early 1930s, the merchant navies around the world faced increasing unemployment. However, through a number of strategic mergers, as well as the continuing support of the Shah of Iran, APOC managed to strengthen its position within the industry, and the BTC's fleet continued to grow until the launch of British Energy in 1931 marked the end of the ...