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Gulf Sentinel (1971/07/13)
  IMO: 5032620  
Details/Construction
Builder:Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson ShipyardLocation:Wallsend, EnglandHull #:1485
Keel Layed:Launched:Commissioned:1933/04
Propulsion
Year: 1935Type:1 Sulzer 4-cylinder diesel engineOutput:7.0 knots
Manufacturer:Sulzer Brothers Ltd. - Winterthur, Germany
 
Dimensions
Year: 1935Length (oa):54.53 m (178.9 ft)Gross Tonnage:884
Length (lbp):52.56 m (172.4 ft)Net Tonnage:649
Beam:10.39 m (34.1 ft)Dead Weight:1473
Depth:4.58 m (15.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:3.734 m (12.3 ft) 
Change Description:Originally built as a tank barge - converted to a powered ship in 1935
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Dominion Tankers Ltd. - Newcastle, England1933/041934
Florence Transportation Company Ltd. - Canada19341935
Tankers Ltd. - Canada19351941
Shell Canada Tankers Ltd. - Canada19411961
A.W.R. Hill - Canada19611963
Johnstone Shipping Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada19631976/06
FleetFromUntil
Shell Oil Company Canada Ltd. - Toronto, Ontario19411961
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Peter G. Campbell1950
Rivershell1962
B.A. Sentinel1969
Gulf Sentinel1974
Rivershell1976/06
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
UK 161572 Newcastle, England 1933/04 1934
Can 161572 Toronto, Ontario, Canada VGSW 1934 1976/06
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped at Hamilton, Ontario by United Metals
Arrival at Yard1976/06/12Beached:Work Began:
LostDate:

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