Oil tanker “United Progress” off Karachi, 3rd February 1976
Owner: Hamilton Bay Shipping Co.
Manager: Gulf Shipping Lines
Flag: Liberia
Builder: Furness Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., Haverton Hill
Gross tons: 11,508
Deadweight: 19,047
Length overall: 169.60 m
Max. draft: 9.545 m
Engines: 2 x steam turbines, 8,200 b.h.p., geared to 1 shaft, by Richardsons Westgarth, Hartlepool
Completed April 1959 as “Belgulf Progress” for Belgulf Tankers S.A., Antwerp (the Belgian arm of USA's Gulf Oil Corporation)
Bought 1975 by Gulf Shipping group (no relation to Gulf Oil Corp.)
Sold July 1977 for demolition in Taiwan.