Oilfield

OILFIELD - IMO 4906410

Pennant number: Y24

Standard displacement 280 tons

Full displacement 530 tons;

Length 41.5 m x Beam 9.0 m x Draught 2.5 m

Propulsion 1 x Lister Blackstone diesel (405 bhp)

Speed 9 knots

Complement 2 officers and 7 ratings

Builders Babcock Marine Appledore , Appledore, U.K.

Launched September 1968 and Completed 1969.

 

The Oilpress class of 6 coastal tankers were ordered in 1967 to provide raid and cost-effective transmission of oil products between coastal installations, these vessels operated as bunkering craft in the major naval bases, they were operated by RMAS

 

History

•1968: OILFIELD : RMAS (Royal Maritime Auxiliary Service)

•1995: OILFIELD : Oilfield Shipping, Malta

•2008: OILFIELD : SL Spiro Shipping, Malta

•2011: MUSCA : Allantone Supplies Ltd

•2015: WOOD SPIRIT : Impact Trading Ltd (Northern Oils), Sierra Leone

•2019: Still trading, further details not known

 

OILFIELD seen at Portsmouth on the 28 July 1980

 

Ship Details : Miramar - May 2020 / Marine News (2012)

 

 

In the background is one of the Director Class Paddle Tugs, name removed from paddle box, assume awaiting for disposal.

 

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