HESS DIESEL at BP Hamble circa 1962
Built 1945 by Marinship Corp as T2-SE-A1 Huntington Hills
Renamed: 1948 W.E.Downing, 1953 Hess Diesel
Lengthened: 1954 166 metre, 11545 grt. 1961 Lengthened & widened ( 184 x 30 metre 14035 grt, 23787 dwt)
Renamed: 1966 Thalia, 1971 William J. Fields, 1975 Mount Explorer, 1978 Cove Explorer
Owner: Hess Tankship Co
Original GRT 10441, DWT 16613
Length 160, beam 21 metre
Single screw turbo electric 15 kts
Broken up Gadani Beach 1983