MV Ben Bates

	Ben Bates in dry dock shortly after launch
History
United Kingdom
Name	MV Ben Bates (1956–1972); MV Tana Woodward (1972-1987);
Builder	Rowhedge Ironworks, Colchester
Launched	6 September 1956
Completed	1956
Out of service	1987
Identification	IMO number: 5040378
Fate	Scrapped 1987
General characteristics
Tonnage	565

The MV Ben Bates was a coastal tanker built for the National Benzole Company by Rowhedge Ironworks in 1956. She was sold to Shell-Mex and BP in 1959. In 1972 she was again sold, to Woodwards Oil, and renamed MV Tana Woodward. Her final sale was to Coastal Shipping in 1976. She was scrapped in 1987.^[1]

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