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LETITIA

Shipbuildervessel built by Hall, Russell & Company, Limited (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)

Date16 January 1961

Object NameCARGO VESSEL

MediumSTEEL

ClassificationsShip

Dimensionslength 385 11/12' x breadth 58 1/6' x depth 26 5/12'
Gross Tonnage: 4499 tons

Object numberABDSHIP002577

Keywords

Aberdeen Built Ships

About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 890
Subsequent Names: BIBI (1967); TEPIC (1980)

Fate: uncertain; Lloyd's Casualty Returns for 1985 list shows the TEPORA, built c.1961, tonnage 4499, as having "caught fire 450 miles S. of New Orleans [...] subsequently sank whilst in tow".

Propulsion: Motor
Description: General cargo vessel, 2 decks, forecastle 11'.

Owner:
1961: The Donaldson Line Ltd, Glasgow (Manager: Donaldson Brothers & Black Ltd)
1967: William Brandts (Leasing) Ltd. Glasgow, Managers Denholm Maclay Co. Ltd. change of name to BIBI, registered in Liberia.
1978: Change of owners Mercury Ltd. Managers as above.
1980: Transportacion Maritima Mexicana S.A., Mexico, change of name to TEPIC.

Notes:
"... Mrs Grace Donaldson, M.B.E., performed the naming ceremony".... "Letitia... is fully equipped for North Atlantic, St. Lawrence Seaway and Great Lakes trading".... "Cabin space is available for a total of 67 including 12 passengers"... "the crew are in two-berth cabins, but there is also one three-berth cabin for cattle-men".
Photos of:
1) Naming ceremony
2) Letitia enters the water
3) Vessel after the launch
4) Drawing of completed profile
("Burntisland Shipbuilding Group Journal", vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 106-107)

Machinery by Sulzer Bros. Ltd., Winterthur, 6 cylinder (720x1250 mm), 5400 bho.
1962: Forward deep tank for vegetable oil.