Back in 1967 I joined the B P tanker British Gunner at the Isle of Grain and stayed with her for 9 months. She and her 2 sisters built in 1954 were of 14000 tons deadweight, although the rest of the smaller tankers in the fleet built at that time were of 16000 tons and there were a considerable number of these built. Does anyone know why these 3 ships were built ,presumably they were intended for a particular trade but no one seemed to know at the time I was with the firm. In the time I was in her we went to Oslo, the Baltic , Amsterdam dry dock,The mediteranean, West coast of Africa, East coast of Africa,Gulf and then Chittagong, who says tankermen didnt get around, we certainly did in the old Gunner