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

Smith's Dock Company, South Bank, Middlesborough

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