Mersea Island Museum - Blackwater Ships


Ship:      LATIRUS
Arrived:10 February 1958
Departed:10 November 1958
Arrived 2:27 January 1959
Departed 2:25 August 1960
Career:Broken up 28 Aug 1960 Bo'ness.
Oyster Company ledger first payment 4 wks 4 days compensation 1 February 1958.
13 August 1960 4 weeks.
Arrived 10 Feb 1958 sailed 10 Nov 1958 arrived 27 Jan 1958 [sic] sailed 25 Aug 1960 for Invergordon in tow TRADESMAN. [George Swieszkowski - Lloyds List]
Tonnage:6,476 gross
Built:1949
Type:Tanker
Owner:Shell Tankers
Official No:183036
ID1183036

Shell tanker LATIRUS laid up in River Blackwater. Date: c1959.

Above:  Shell tanker LATIRUS laid up in River Blackwater. Date: c1959.
Source: Brian Jay Collection


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