Redcar 1956

Redcar 1956

Official number 187304

10746 grt / 5437 nrt / 15244 dwt

Length 153.9 and 146.3 LPP x 21.1

Motorship 4cyl Doxford 2SA (670 x 2320mm)

Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd.

2x scotch triple furnace oil fired boilers

Compound steam generators - Belliss and Morcom

All steam auxiliaries including steering gear and all pumps.

12 kts

Yard No 1238

1971 sold to St. Andrews Shipping Co. (J. & J. Denholm), Glasgow and renamed Dunblane

1973 sold to Cia Ady S.A., Greece and renamed Ady

1978 14th Dec scrapped at La Spezia, Italy by Terrestre Marittima

1st Hand

A little known and long forgotten (by some!) story is that of the Redcar Mutiny which took place in December 1961 and is retold here 1st hand.

By Tony Crowley