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BEN HITTINGER - IMO 5040469
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Photographer:Malcolm Cranfield [ View profile ]
Captured:May 27, 1970
Title:Ben Hittinger
Location:Swansea, United Kingdom
Photo Category:Tankers Built Before 1970
Added:Sep 7, 2023
Views:116
Image Resolution:4,170 x 2,603
Description:
Shell-Mex & BP Ltd (until 1959 National Benzole Co. Ltd.) 's 1951 Charles Hill, Bristol, built BEN HITTINGER was one of several tankers active in Southampton water on 5th September 1963. She was lengthened in 1961 and is her seen arriving at Swansea on 27th May 1970.
Later: 1973 SPIRIT CARRIER II - 76 KINGSTHORPE
She was scrapped at Barking in November 1985
Scanned from a slide by the late John Wiltshire
Vessel
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Current name:KINGSTHORPE
Former name(s):
- Ben Hittinger (Until 1973)
Vessel Type:Inland Tanker
Gross tonnage:522 tons
Summer DWT:701 tons
Photos:3 photos by 3 photographers
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