TAMMANNA Tanker owned by Lanka Tkrs-Ltd., Sri Lanka. Tonnage : 18351 gross, 11387 net, 30278 dwt.
Built 1959 Odense Staalskibs A/S Odense. Dimensions 200.13m x 24.77m x 10.389m. Diesel engines. Speed 16 knots.
Built as MONCEAU for Soc des Transports Maritime Petroliers. Renamed MAURITIUS in 1971, MONACO in 1974 and TAMMANNA in 1975.
Log Book May 1983
Sri Lanka SG799
More information from Auke Palmhof:
Built as a tanker under yard 151 by Odense Staalskibs A/S Odense, Denmark for the Société des Transports Maritimes Pétroliers in Paris, France.
04 July 1959 launched under the name MONCEAU.
Tonnage 18,557 gross, 11,829 net, 30,061 dwt., dim. 200.13 x 24.77 x 10.38m.
Powered by B&W 10-cyl. two-stroke single acting turbocharged diesel engine, service power 12,500 bhp., one shaft speed 16 knots.
She is constructed with 24 tanks to carry oil with a total capacity of 1,357,000 cubic feet
Hull all welded and holds have corrugated steel bulkheads.
Three cargo pumps each with a capacity of 850 tons.
November 1959 completed.
1971 Sold to Maritime Shipping Corporation, Liberia and renamed MAURITIUS.
1974 Sold to Taragena Shipping Corporation, Liberia and renamed MONACO.
1975 Sold to Lanka Tankers Ltd., Sri Lanka and renamed TAMMANNA.
1984 Sold to Gwo Feng Steel for breaking up, arrived 11 June 1984 at the scrapyard in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Sources: Register of Merchant Ships Completed in 1959. Merchant Ships Vol. VIII 1960. http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz