MV Ben Bates
The MV Ben Bates was a coastal tanker built for the National Benzole Company by Rowhedge Ironworks in 1956. She was sold to Shell-Mex and BP in 1959. In 1972 she was again sold, to Woodwards Oil, and renamed MV Tana Woodward. Her final sale was to Coastal Shipping in 1976. She was scrapped in 1987.[1]
 Ben Bates in dry dock shortly after launch | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name |
|
| Builder | Rowhedge Ironworks, Colchester |
| Launched | 6 September 1956 |
| Completed | 1956 |
| Out of service | 1987 |
| Identification | IMO number: 5040378 |
| Fate | Scrapped 1987 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 565 |
References
- "Shell tanker 'Ben Bates'". helderline.nl. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links
Media related to IMO 5040378 at Wikimedia Commons
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