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CALEDONIAN COAST
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CALEDONIAN COAST

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Owner (Liverpool, England)
Date30 September 1947
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 261' x breadth 40 1/12' x depth 15 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 1265 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002498
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 803
Official Number: 182018
Subsequent Names: MAKALLA (1967); AHMADI COAST (1968)

Fate: arrived at Carthagena, Spain, for breaking up, 8 April 1974.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel, twin screw, 1 deck and shelter deck, machinery aft, cruiser stern

Owners:
1948: Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co.
07/1948: Coast Lines Ltd
04/1967: long term charter to T. & J. Brocklebank Ltd, Liverpool (for service between Liverpool and the Mediterranean).
11/1968: Sold to Alomar Mechanical Engineering Co. Kuwait.
1970: Sold to Kuwait Coast Line Co. Kuwait.

General History:
Launched 30 September 1947, Naming ceremony by Mrs R. A. Fairley, wife of Director & General Manager of ship owning company. Built for general cargo and ten passengers.

Transferred from the Aberdeen Steam Navigation Co. to Coast Lines Ltd in July 1948 for Liverpool-Dublin-South Coast-London sailings

Black and White Photograph in album of ship 'Aberdonian Coast' docked in Aberdeen Harbour
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 September 1947
Alexander HALL & Co.
June 1875
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
June 1872
Walter Hood & Co.
August 1867
WILLIAM DUTHIE
DUTHIE
1862
PERICLES
Walter Hood & Co.
16 July 1877
b/w photograph of clipper ship 'yalaroi'
Alexander HALL & Co.
1885
Alexander HALL & Co.
September 1873
Black and white photograph of the trawler Prince Philip (905)
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 May 1963
"Thermopylae" - Clipper Ship
Aberdeen White Star Line (George Thompson & Co)
1868
Alexander HALL & Co.
15 January 1953
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1883
DAMASCUS
Walter Hood & Co.
1857
Black and white photograph of the Alex. Hall Built 'Schomberg', mounted on card
Alexander HALL & Co.
5 April 1855
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
JANE BOYD
Walter Hood & Co.
1843
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1887