Meline

Vessel name on Arrival: Theotokos

Original Builder: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, River Wear

Original Yard No: 663

Official Number: 142326

Vessel Type: tanker

GRT: 6983

Year Built: 1918

Arrival Date: 11/05/1953

Breakup Started: 17/05/1953

Date First Beached: 26/08/1953

Date Breakup Completed: 25/05/1954

Draught For’d: 10' 6"

Draught Aft: 17' 0"

Name Changes:

 

1918  :  S.S. Meline for H.E. Moss & Company – London

1920  :  S.S. Meline for A/S Tanktransport – Tonsberg, Norway

1951  :  S.S. Fantis A for Interocean Transport Corporation – LBR/Monrovia

1952  :  S.S. Theotokos for Transocean Oil Corporation – LBR/Monrovia

Other Information:

Single-screw oil tanker S.S. Meline built in 1918 by Laing of Deptford

 

14-11-1917  :  Launched

March 1918  :  Completed

 

Tonnage  :  6,983 tons

 

Dimensions  :  129.5 metres  x  17.4 metres

 

Propulsion  :  Triple Expansion Steam Reciprocating Engine providing a vessel speed of 10 knots