MT Abadan

Abadan was a 288-ton coastal tanker which was built as Empire Anglesey in 1945. She was renamed Abadan in 1946 and Renee J in 1961. She served until 1969 when she was scrapped in Cork

History
Name	Empire Anglesey (1945-46) Abadan (1946-61) Renee J (1961-69)
Owner	Ministry of War Transport (1945-46) A/S Tankskib Rederiet, Copenhagen, Denmark (1946-61) Celtic Coasters Ltd, Ireland (1961-69)
Operator	Owner operated except:- C Rowbotham & Sons (1945-46) K V Tersling (1946-61)
Port of registry	Goole (1945-46) Copenhagen (1946-61) Dublin (1961-69)
Builder	J Harker Ltd, Knottingley
Yard number	169
Launched	16 June 1945
Completed	October 1945
Out of service	March 1969
Identification	UK Official Number 180993 (1945-46) Code letters GKGX (1945-46)
Fate	Scrapped in Cork, March 1969
General characteristics
Tonnage	288 GRT
Length	136 ft 4 in (41.55 m)
Beam	21 ft 5 in (6.53 m)
Draught	8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
Propulsion	1 x 6-cylinder 2SCSA diesel engine (Crossley Ltd, Manchester)

History

Empire Anglesey was built by J Harker Ltd, Knottingley^[1] as yard number 169. She was launched on 16 June 1945 and completed in October 1945.^[2] Empire Anglesey was built for the Ministry of War Transport and operated under the management of the C Rowbotham & Sons. She was homeported in Goole.^[1] she was powered by a 6-cylinder 2-stroke Single Cycle Single Action diesel engine made by Crossley Ltd, Manchester.^[3]

Empire Anglesey was sold to A/S Tankskibsrederiet, Copenhagen, Denmark in 1946 and renamed Abadan. She operated under the management of K V Tersling and spent some time chartered to Rederi AB Reut, Kungsbacka, Sweden.^[3]

In 1961, Abadan was sold to Celtic Coasters Ltd, Dublin, Ireland and renamed Renee J. She served with them for eight years. She was scrapped in Cork in March 1969.^[3]

Official number and code letters

Official Numbers were a forerunner to IMO Numbers.

Empire Anglesey had the UK Official Number 180993 and used the Code Letters GKGX.^[1]