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ARDROSSAN
ARDROSSAN
ARDROSSAN

ARDROSSAN

Shipbuilder (Aberdeen, Scotland, 1864 - 1992)
Date29 February 1968
Object NameTANKER
MediumSTEEL
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 235' x breadth 40' x depth 16'
Gross Tonnage: 1529 ton
Object numberABDSHIP002622
About MeYard: Hall, Russell & Co.
Yard Number: 937
Subsequent Names: SHELL CRAFTSMAN (1979); ACHATINA (1993); APTITY (1999); BONNIE (2001)

Fate: unknown

Propulsion: Motor
Description: Tanker (coastal), 1 deck, poop deck 56', forecastle 34', machinery aft, of welded construction.

Owners:
1968: Shell Mex & B.P. Ltd, registered at London.
2001: Fairseas Explorer Ltd., operator Ajax Offshore Bunkering Services Ltd. Registered to Cyprus.

Notes:
Launched 29 February 1968, three months ahead of schedule, by Lady Cunningham. Built for carrying products of Shell & BP refineries to coastal terminals for redistribution.

6 cylinder (340x570 mm), 1280 bhp, by British Polar Engine Glasgow.
Major refit 1991 - lengthened and re-engined to Alpha Diesel.
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 January 1957
URIE
Alexander HALL & Co.
1917
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 February 1959
Black and white photograph of the collier Ballyrush (902) at Hall Russell shipyard
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
12 September 1962
BENTLEY
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
13 February 1895
MARTHA BIRNIE
DUTHIE
May 1863
THOMAS ADAM
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1870
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1883
GALERNA
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
24 November 1927
VENDAVAL
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
27 December 1928
Black and white photograph Showing The Collier 'lambeth' Built At Hall Russell, 1958
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
23 January 1958
CALEDONIA I
DUTHIE
1899
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
1889
PRINCESS ROYAL
John Lewis & Sons
1952
CAPTAIN FREMANTLE
John Lewis & Sons
1959
EREDENE
John Lewis & Sons
1961
Simon Duhamel (674), Cap Fagnet (675) - Rigging Plan
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
21 January 1920
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
22 September 1965
Hall, Russell & Company, Limited
15 March 1941