BLISWORTH
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date26 September 1957
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 213' x breadth 33'10" x depth 14'1"
gross tonnage 1031 tons
gross tonnage 1031 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001639
Keywords
Yard Number: 753
Subsequent Names: FRANCES B (1971); LEILA I (1974)
Fate: unknown, last mentioned in Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1988-89.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel with raised quarter deck
Owner:
1957: Grand Union (Shipping) Ltd. London
1968: General Steam Navitgation Co. Ltd
1971: Chesham Shipping Ltd (Manager Briggs Shipbrokers & Agents Ltd).
1974: LANA Maritime Shipping Co., Beirut.
Notes:
British Polar M45M engines, 750 BHP (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Launched 26 September 1957. Naming ceremony performed by Mrs Hebron, wife of a director of company for whom ship was built.
Designed primarily for trading coast wise, and between U.K. and the Continent.
Crew of 14.
Photos:
(1) "Leaving the ways"
(2) Mrs W. T. Hebron
(3) BLISWORTH on the measured mile
(4) Deck view
(5) Captains day room
(From Burntisland & Hall Russell Group Journal, 25 (4) 1958, pp. 102-03)
