CLANSMAN
Shipbuildervessel built by
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
(Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date15 January 1964
Object NameFERRY
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 220' 7" x breadth 43' 7" x depth 13'
gross tonnage 2104 ton
gross tonnage 2104 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002597
Keywords
Yard Number: 911
Subsequent Names: TAMIRA (1985); AL HUSSEN (1986); AL RASHEED (1986-2010)
Fate: Scrapped 2010.
Propulsion: Motor
Description: Passenger and vehicle Ro/Ro ferry, poop and bridge deck 151', quarterdeck 66', forecastle 45', twin screw, welded construction.
Owners:
1964: Secretary of State for Scotland (Managers Caledonian MacBrayne), registered at Leith.
1984: Torbay Seaways
1985: Mira Shipping, Malta, then to Euch Zammit & Son, Malta
General History:
CLANSMAN was built as a side loading car passenger ferry operating for West Coast of Scotland and Western Isles Service. She had side loading ramp doors forward that lead on to a vehicle lift on the car deck to when piers were higher than the ship at low tide.
CLANSMAN was lengthened in 1973 and the side doors and lift were removed and covered in where the ship was cut in two and a new 30 foot section was fitted along with bow and stern doors. In 1973 CLANSMAN was also updated from 1 deck to 2 decks. She now carried passengers, special cargo and vehicles and was described as a RoRo ferry - owners now David MacBrayne Ltd., Glasgow; later called Caledonian MacBrayne Ltd.
CLANSMAN was sold in 1984 after engine trouble to Torbay Seaways but never started service as "linkspan" not available for RoRo service, replaced by HEBRIDES which still had lift access to vehicle deck.
Later sold to Mira Shipping of Malta and renamed TAMIRA. She was sold immediately to Euch Zammit & Son of Malta and renamed AL HUSSEIN until 1986 when the vessel was renamed AL RASHEED.
By 1987 owned or possibly just managed by Baaboud Trading & Shipping Agencies, Valletta, Malta, for Red Sea Service. By 1991 it was in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
same owners who put the vessel up for scrapping in 2010.
Last entry in Lloyd's Register 1994-95.
Notes:
2 Crossley Bros. engines fitted Oil SA 8 cylinder (10½"x13"), 2400 BHP.
Replaced in 1989 with 2 engines by Koninklijke Machine Fabriek Stork & Co, Netherlands.
At the same time the radar mast on top of the wheelhouse was removed and a new mast was placed on the fore deck. The wheelhouse was lengthened and new funnels fitted.
