ARIANTA - 1959

ARIANTA - 1959

Postby northeast » Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:05 pm

In the Monrovia river, by the late Mike Cooper
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1959, 13148grt, turbine tanker, one of the first of the bridge-aft variants of the 'A' class
J. L. Thompson, Sunderland (696)
Broken up at Kaohsiung 3/1978
and from YSE collection
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Re: ARIANTA - 1959

Postby fitter » Fri Mar 15, 2013 9:37 pm

Second of two fro the yard. Other was Aluco, Yard number 695. Both Parsons turbines, 7,500 SHP.
559ft-11" x 72 ft x 29ft -111/2" !!!! eleven and a half inches !!
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Re: ARIANTA - 1959

Postby teesships » Thu Mar 14, 2019 3:11 pm

ARIANTA (5023708), 13148gt, completed J.L. Thompson, North Sands, Sunderland, 12-1959
BU Kaohsiung 27.3.78 [Nan Kwang Steel & Iron Co]

From my negative collection, taken by the late Jack (Paddy) Rutherford, sailing from the Tyne:
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River Mersey - 29 August 1973, taken by John Collins:
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Re: ARIANTA - 1959

Postby TEESMAN » Mon Jul 08, 2019 7:28 pm

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Photo Michael Green
ARIANTA at North Tees 09.01.78
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