London Victory 1960 Ship details, Ports visited & Officer shipmates |
Officers on board |
LONDON VICTORY Joined as 2nd Officer at Rotterdam 20th June 1960 Left Vessel at Rotterdam 2nd November 1960 ( Having served as Chief Officer for one month Due to the death of Captain Fox ) Captain R.K. Clark G. Fox Hubbard Chief Officer J.G. Pette Hubbard 2nd Officer myself 3rd Officer C. Hannaford Pettifer ( ex Integrity ) Apprentices J. Peat J. Craythorne Pettifer Radio Officer K. Tyrrell Chief Steward G. Barnet ( ex Integrity ) Anderson Chief Engineer W. Graham ( ex Resolution ) 2nd Engineer A. Bully 3rd Engineer A. Cockburn ( ex Integrity ) extra 3rd Engineer Ellis 4th Engineer Collins Ellis Junior Engineers F. Chatfield Knapmann Electrical Engineer Ferber Johnson |
Length B.P. = 525' Beam MLD = 71' 00" Depth MLD = 39' 03" " O.A. = 553' Beam EXT = 71' 04" " EXT = 39' 05" Gross Tons = 12,132 Displacement = 6,270 tons Light Deadweight = 18,100 Net = 7,080.73 = 24,370 tons Loaded Speed = 14.5 knots Light 13.5 knots Loaded I.T.M. = 1,735 ft ton Light 2,413 ft ton Loaded Block Coef. = 0.6648 Light .7494 Loaded T.P.I. = 65.53 Light 74.42 loaded Suez Gross = 12,382.89 Suez Net = 9,657.00 Panama Gross = 12.337.77 Panama Net = 8,831.49 Freeboard F.W.A. = 8 1/4" W.N.A. = 10' 00" Tropical = 8' 08 3/4" Summer = 8' 11 3/4" Draught = 30' 05 3/4" Winter = 9' 06 3/4" Draught = 29' 10 1/4" Anchor Stockless Port = 100 cwt 3 qr 7 lbs Starb = 99cwt 3qe 14lbs Spare = 99cwt. 1 qr 0lb Collective weight 291 cwt 3 qr 2 lbs Stream = 37cwt. 0qr 21 lbs Cables Port + Starb = 330 fathoms of 2 3/8 Tayco Cable End Link Bolted through into chain locker Total Weight = 976 cwt. Compass Stand Aft = Reflector MK2 " = Sperry D.F. = Lodestone Radio = Oceanspan Auto Alarm = Marconi Vigilent Log = Walker Trident Sounding Machine = Marconi Seagraph ( Wet Paper ) Kelvin Hughes ( hand powered - aft ) Radar = Cossor MK2 LIFEBOAT Total 4 (Alumimium) 1 Motor Lifeboat 40 person 3 Lifeboats 44 person each ( 24' x 8.6' x 3.6') also 1 x 16' steel dingy |
Propelling Machinery Makers North Eastern Marine Single acting ( 6 cylinder ) opposed piston 670 m/m x 2320 m/m B.H.P. = 6,800 at 119 r.p..m. Propeller Solid Bronze 4 Bladed 17' 08" diam. 102.4 sq ft expaded surface Boiler 2 Scotch 15' 06" ext diam 12' 00" Working Pressure = 150 lbs sq ins Heating surface = 6,075 sq ft. Pumping Installation Cargo pumps = 18" x 14" x 24" = 400 t.p.h. 4 horizontal duplex Drain Pumps = 70 t.p.h. Lamont Vertical Duplex Ballast Pumps = 75 t.p.h. Lamont Vertical Simplex Oil fuel Pumps = 75 t.p.h. Lamont Vertical Simplex Suction Pipes Main lines and Centre = 12" Wings = 10" Discharge /Loading Main = 12" Stern = 10" Steam Generators 2 x 60 k.watt = 110 volts Diesel 1 x 25 k.watt ( emergency genny located in Focsle head ) Steam Windlass 12" dia x 14" stroke 2 cylinder Winches For'd Main deck 8" x 12" with extended warping ends Aft " " 8" x 12" " " " " Poop 9" x 14" " " " " Derricks For'd 1 x 5 ton S.W.L. Length 54' 07" " 2 x 5 ton S.W.L. Length 27' 06" Aft 2 x 5 ton S.W.L. Length 27' 06" Fiddley 1 x 4 ton S.W.L. Length 39' 06" Steering Gear Mactaggart & Scott 4 ram Steam hydraulic Rudder Aerofoil 212 sq ft. CAN be Unshipped at sea |
LONDON VICTORY Built = 1952 by Haverton Shipbuilding Co. Haverton on Tees Call sign = MNLX Port of Registry LONDON Class = + 100 A1 LLoyds for carriage of petroleum products in bulk ************************************ |