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Name Official number Flag IMO
SCOTTISH PTARMIGAN  300190  GBR   
Year built Date launched Date completed
1958  24/10/1957  01/1958 
Vessel type Vessel description
Tanker Oil  Steel Motor Vessel  
Builder Yard Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank Clydebank  701 
 

Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft
12683 grt / 7100 nrt / 18300 dwt 559.0 ft  72.4 ft    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. 

First owner First port of register Registration date
Thompson Steam Shipping Company Ltd. - Huntley, Cook & Co. Ltd., Glasgow  Glasgow  27/01/1978 
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
 
Remarks
 
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.
 
 

 

Scottish Ptarmigan
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