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Name |
Official number |
Flag |
IMO |
SCOTTISH PTARMIGAN |
300190 |
GBR |
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Year built |
Date launched |
Date completed |
1958 |
24/10/1957 |
01/1958 |
Vessel type |
Vessel description
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Tanker Oil
| Steel Motor Vessel |
Builder |
Yard |
Yard no |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Clydebank |
701 |
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Tonnage |
Length |
Breadth |
Depth |
Draft |
12683 grt / 7100 nrt / 18300 dwt |
559.0 ft |
72.4 ft |
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30 ft 2 in |
Engine builder |
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank |
Engine detail |
6-cyl. 2 S.C.S.A. (670 x 2320mm) Doxford type oil engine. 6,400 BHP. |
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First owner |
First port of register |
Registration date |
Thompson Steam Shipping Company Ltd. - Huntley, Cook & Co. Ltd., Glasgow |
Glasgow |
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Other names |
1968 MARKAB - 1971 ELENI V |
Subsequent owner and registration history |
1961 Owners restyled as The Scottish Tanker Company Ltd., (same managers). 1968 Cayzer, Irvine & Company Ltd., appointed as managers. 1968 Cia.de Naviera Alheli S. A., Liberia. Greek flag. 1971 N. J. Vardinoyannis, Piraeus |
Vessel history |
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Remarks |
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End year |
Fate / Status |
1978 |
Collision 06/05/1978 |
Disposal Detail |
06/05/1978 whilst on a voyage from Rotterdam to Grangemouth was struck off the Haisborough lightvessel by the French bulk carrier ROSELINE (16,023g. /74), and was broken in two. 09/05/1978 after-part arrived in tow at Europort for discharge then moved to the Verolme shipyard pending demolition. 10/05/1978 the drifting and leaking forepart sank in shallow water. 15/05/1978 refloated and towed into deeper water 30/05/1978 forepart sunk with explosives. |
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Scottish Ptarmigan
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