Esso Lancashire

Frank P · Nov 19, 2008

I see that she lasted only 15 years, it does not seem very long for a 1960's built ship.

Cheers Frank

K urgess · Nov 19, 2008

Probably because of the old fashioned design, Frank.
Not worth modernising and an AEI turbine ship.
Lovely ship to sail on though.
More pictures on Auk Visser's site
http://www.aukevisser.nl/uk/id189.htm

Tony Crompton · Nov 19, 2008

I agree, a lovely ship. Was second mate on her.

Her short life was due to the state of oil world market forces.

Tony

randcmackenzie · Nov 19, 2008

Don't know about that. An uncoated uninerted crude tanker's bulkheads were normally pretty thin after 15 years. With 3rd special survey due, impending repairs/steel renewals were prohibitively expensive.

Tony Crompton · Nov 19, 2008

As far as I remember she did have coated tanks. Esso had experimented with coatings before the "County" class.

For the last 2 years of her life she was Greek owned, "Petrola 28".

Others of her class were scrapped earlier, Pembrokeshire at 14 years and Hampshire at 13 years.

bisonphil · Nov 19, 2008

Esso Warwickshire was the same class and also built in1962.

She was with Esso until being scrapped in 1988 giving 26 years service!!!

Phil

neil marsden · Jul 5, 2009

I sailed on her in 1971, initially between Brega, Libya/Trieste, thence to Hamburg before going to Ras Tanura to load for Guam where we spent Christmas. From there back to Ras Tanura (with typhoon en route) and for me a flight home from Dharan, via Damascus, Athens, Munich and finally Heathrow on a very questionable 'Caravelle' belonging to Syrian Arab Airlines!!

My first air conditioned ship and even an engineroom lift. She had two Foster Wheeler boilers and Stal Laval turbines, not AEI

Esso Lancashire

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