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"Castle's Woods".
 "Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods".
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods".
 
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods".
( Caltex postcard )
 
"Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods".
( Courtesy of Basil Harris MPB Private Collection Sydney )
 
Rebuilt and renamed "Texaco Bombay", ex. "Caltex Bombay" ex. "Castle's Woods".
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods".
( Courtesy of Basil Harris MPB Private Collection Sydney )
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods".
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods".
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods".
( Photo Copyright Chris Howell )
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex. "Castle Woods".
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex "Castle Woods".
 
"Texaco Bombay", ex "Caltex Bombay", ex "Castle Woods".
"Caltex Bombay" ex "Castle Woods".
( Painting by Joe Whelan )

SENECA CASTLE, T2-SE-A1
History :
Built by Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pennsylvania.
Yardnumber 486. UMSC No.2443. Official nr. 248008.
Keel laid 17-02-1945. Launched 25-05-1945. Completed 06-06-1945. Gr. 10297 t., Net. 6236 t., Dw. 16613 t. L.o.a. 159,57 m., Br. 20,78 m., Dr. 9,31 m. Engine: 2 steam turbines, manufactured by Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company, Pittsburgh. 7240 B.h.p., 5401 kW. Speed 18 knots. 26 Tanks.
History:
CASTLE WOODS-1945 completed for United States War Shipping Administration, Philadelphia, USA.
CASTLE WOODS-1947 for Overseas Tankship Corporation, Panama.
CALTEX BOMBAY-1951for Overseas Tankship (UK) Ltd., London, Great Britain.
TEXACO BOMBAY-1968 for Texaco Overseas Tankship Ltd., London, Great Britain.
Additional Reports:
Reported Texaco Bombay lengthened and widened in 1968 at Hitachi Zosen K.K., Kawasaki.
New dimensions 172.4 oa x 23.6 m, 13892 grt / 23708 dwt.
Reported Texaco Bombay sold to shipbreakers in Taiwan. Arrived Kaohsiung 6 Aug. 1982 to be broken up. Work began 10 Aug. 1982. [ By Nin Sin Steel Enterprise Company Ltd. ]