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Beaconstreet - (1944-1950)
See her as : Esso Dublin (I) - (1950-1953)
"Beaconstreet".( Photo Michael Pryce Collection )
Build in 1926 as "Beaconstreet", she was taken over by the British Mexican Petroleum Co., Ltd., in 1935.
In 1944 she went to the Anglo-American Oil Co., in 1950 she was renamed as "Esso Dublin".
Arrived 5/11/1953 at Blyth for breaking up.
Year
|
Name
|
Tonnage
|
Type
|
Year
Built
|
Built at
|
Fate
Year
|
Fate
|
LR/IMO
Number
|
Official
Number
|
Remarks
|
1927
|
BEACONSTREET
|
7432
|
tanker
|
1927
|
Newcastle
|
1954
|
Scrapped
|
-
|
149865
|
|
Later Identities:
Change Year
|
Name
|
Tonnage
|
Type
|
Remarks
|
1950
|
ESSO DUBLIN
|
7467
|
tanker
|
1950/ex Beaconstreet
|
Additional Information from the Starke & Schell Ships-registers ;
BEACONSTREET - 1927 CA 1T (aft) (9¼)
7,432 GRT for Beacon Transport Co. of Canada, Ltd., London / Montreal 450.3 x 59.7
Tanker built by Palmers' SB. & Iron Co., Ltd., Newcastle (7) #966 149865
1935 - British Mexican Petroleum Co., Ltd., London BR
1944 - Anglo-American Oil Co., Ltd., London
1950 - ESSO DUBLIN Esso Petroleum Co., Ltd. (Esso Transportation Co., Ltd.), London
Broken up at Blyth 1953 by Hughes Bolckow, Ltd., arr. 5.11.1953.