Ribblehead 1957

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Ribblehead 1957

Official Number 187310

10741 gross 15545 dwt 5513 net

Length 154 and 146.3 LPP x 21 m

1x 4cyl Doxford oil engine 2SCCSA bore 670mm and stroke 2320mm 4,450 BHP

David Rowan & Co. Glasgow

2x scotch oil fired boilers with triple furnaces

Compound steam generators (Belliss and Morcom)

All steam auxiliaries including steering gear, compressors and all pumps.

12 kts

Lithgows Ltd., Port Glasgow

Yard No 1112

1972 sold to Antiklia Compania Naviera S.A., .Panama - Leonidas N. Pothas, Piraeus, renamed Antiklia

1978 sold to Aramis Nav Co Ltd., Limassol - E. Pothitos, E. Koutsofios and others and renamed Evpo Aramis

1979 ran aground on 2nd May near Jeddah and was refloated on 4th May

1982 5th May scrapped at Bombay by Ghaziram Gokulchand & Co

1st Hand

Always affectionately known as the 'Rubbleheap'