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BALLYLESSON
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BALLYLESSON

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date10 December 1958
Object NameCARGO VESSEL
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 205 3/6' x breadth 33 5/6' x depth 14 3/6'
Gross Tonnage: 1092 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002562
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 875
Subsequent Names: LINO/LIMO (1982); CRISTI (1988); SAMAA I (1992); G. MOTHER (1994)

Fate: Arrived in tow, Porbandar, June 1994, arrested, settled in shallow water, presumed broken up 'in situ'.

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Cargo vessel, 1 deck, poop deck 47', quarterdeck 132', bridge deck 16', forecastle 25', machinery aft.

Owners:
1958: John Kelly Ltd, Belfast.
1982: Cedar Sea Co. S. de R. L. (Afroships Co. Ltd.), Canary Islands, renamed LINO or LIMO
1988: Royal Shipping. & Trading Co. Ltd, renamed CRISTI (HND) .
1992: Samaa Asia Shipping, renamed SAMAA 1 (VCT)
1994: Mir Said Mir Mohsen, renamed G. MOTHER (BLZ)

Notes:
Launched by Mrs F. C. Asgill, 10 December 1958
(Burntisland Group Journal, vol. 26, (February 1959), pp. 44-45)
6 cylinder diesel engine (340 x 570mm) producing 1005 bhp, by British Polar Engines, Glasgow.
Lengthened in 1964.

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22 September 1965
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21 October 1971
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1962
QUADRILLE
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15 March 1941
PRINCESS ROYAL
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1960
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15 January 1964
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30 September 1948
NEW GAMECOCK
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1 March 1930
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1974
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24 January 1974
ORIONMAN
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14 January 1975
SEAWARD PETREL
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1959
KINGSDALE
John Lewis & Sons
22 March 1973
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3 April 1962
SOUTHELLA
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25 September 1968
BENTLEY
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13 February 1895
BEN MEIDIE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
INGELI
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1897
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14 May 1957
BRIDGEMAN
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
11 April 1972
PRINCESS ROYAL
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1952
FAIRTRY
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1954
JAMES BASHFORD
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12 June 1919