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Trujillo - (1945-1956)
"Esso Fulham", ex "Trujillo" (1945-1956).
( Photo collection Morten Bjørndalen )
"Trujillo" was build by Bethlehem Steel Co., Sparrows Point, MD, ( # 4442 ) for Standard Oil of New Jersey.
Scrapped in 1970.
Additional Info ;
ESSO FULHAM - 1957, ex. "TRUJILLO"-1956
Code letters: GTYX
Official Number: 187495
Rigging: twin screws steam tanker; 1 deck; machinery aft; fitted with direction finder, position finding
device & radar
Tonnage: 4,352 tons gross, 2,110 tons net & 5,572 tons summer deadweight
Dimensions: 366 ft. 1 in. long, 60 ft. 4 in. beam and holds 15 feet deep
Construction: 1945, Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Sparrows Point ( #4442 )
Propulsion: triple expansion engines with 6 cylinders of 16, 26 & 43 inches diameter each pair; stroke
27 inches; operating at 180 p.s.i.; 2 single ended boilers; fitted for oil fuel; engine by Vulcan Iron Works,
Wilkes-Barre
Owners: Esso Petroleum Co. Ltd.
Port of registry: London.