The 1958 Hessle built coastal tanker ESSO WOOLSTON is seen passing Portishead on 17th December 1972, exactly fifty years ago today, shortly after departing from Avonmouth.

Sold in 1982 to Salvesen Offshore Services Ltd of Aberdeen, she was renamed KINBRACE and converted for use as a pollution control vessel.

Her fate is unclear. Miramar states that she was renamed LADY SANIYA in 2004 but arrived at a breaker's yard on 21st September of that year. The website link below does not report the renaming and says that she had arrived at Santander on 15th October 1985 for breaking:

http://www.aukevisser.nl/uk/id218.htm