Oil tanker “Erne” at sea, September 1974
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co., London
Manager: P&O Bulk Shipping Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Charles Connell & Co Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow (Hull-493)
Gross tons: 14,244
Deadweight: 20,090
Length overall: 170.60 m
Max. draft: 9.465 m
Engines: 2 x steam turbines double-reduction-geared to one shaft, 8,800 s.h.p., by Barclay, Curle & Co Ltd., Whiteinch, Glasgow
Service speed: 14.5 knots
Completed February 1962 as “Erne” for James Nourse Ltd. (a subsidiary of P&O)
May 1963: management transferred Trident Tankers Ltd. (also a subsidiary of P&O, set up to manage the tankers owned by P&O's various subsidiaries)
October 1965: Nourse amalgamated with Hain Line to form Hain-Nourse Ltd.
1970: fitted with 4 bitumen tanks at Sembawang Shipyard, Singapore; new tonnages 13,728 gross & 20,840 deadweight.
1970-71: Management transferred to Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealand (a P&O subsidiary) while on charter to BP (New Zealand)
August 1970: management transferred to P&O Bulk Shipping Division.
September 1972: ownership transferred to P&O S.N. Co.
June 1984: sold for scrapping at Kaohsiung