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History
Name
  • Empire Dickens (1942-46)
  • Esso Appalachee (1946-60)
Owner
  • Ministry of War Transport (1942-45)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945-46)
  • Anglo-American Oil Co. Ltd (1946-51)
  • Esso Petroleum Co Ltd (1951-60)
Operator
  • Davies & Newman Ltd (1942-46)
  • Esso Transportation Co (1946-51)
  • Esso Petroleum Co Ltd (1951-60)
Port of registryUnited Kingdom Middlesbrough, United Kingdom
BuilderFurness Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard number341
Laid down21 April 1941
Launched14 February 1942
CompletedApril 1942
Maiden voyage14 April 1942
Identification
  • United Kingdom Official Number 164853
  • Code Letters BDSG
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeTanker
Tonnage
  • 9,819 GRT
  • 5,790 NRT
  • 14,852 DWT
Length483 ft 8 in (147.42 m)
Beam68 ft 3 in (20.80 m)
PropulsionTriple expansion steam engine
Speed10.5 knots (19.4 km/h)
Capacity708,554 cubic feet (20,064 m3)

Esso Appalachee was a 9,819 GRT tanker that was built in 1942 as Empire Dickens by Furness Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Haverton Hill-on-Tees, County Durham, United Kingdom for the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT). In 1946, she was sold into merchant service and renamed Esso Appalachee, serving until 1960, when she was scrapped.

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