Elstree Grange
Ship Number
1710
Vessel Type
Products Carrier
Built
Belfast
Slip Number
building dock
Launch Date
January 27, 1979
Launched By
Miss Jean Ashby
Delivered
October 24, 1979
Owner
Alexander Shipping Co.
Weight
39626 grt
BP Length
228.25m feet
Breadth
32.29 feet
No. of Screws
Single
Speed (approx)
15.5 knots
Propulsion
6 cylinder H&W B&W K90GF direct reversing diesel engine
Official No.
Registered
Fate
Scrapped
Elstree Grange

Elstree Grange (Hull 1710) and Hornby Grange (Hull 1709) were christened and delivered side by side in June 1979, then remained as twins, for the rest of their lives; being re-named Santa Lucia and Santa Barbara respectively when they transferred into the care of the Tung Group in 1984, where they traded somewhat unsatisfactorily until they were sold to Belgian Transpetrol in 1988.
 
Eventually both ships arrived at Alang Beach to be broken up within two weeks of each other (9th May 2000).
 
228.28 x 32.29 x 13.324. 6 cylinder 2SA B&w diesel built by H&W 20500bhp
(15079Kw) 1 wt boiler (of) 32.8 bar. 2 Auxiliary boilers (1 of, 1 ex gas)
3 generators 780Kw 440 volts 60 Hz AC. Code flags ELEF7. DF,ESD, GyC,Pfd,
Radar, RT. Registered Monrovia, Liberian flag. Owned by Fest Pacific Co; Ltd and managed by Denholm Ship Management Ltd. 15.5 Knots.