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Hearts of Oak

 

 

 

Athel Line Ships

 

Athelglen

1 ship of this name

 

1  ATHELGLEN

ON 142453

Built 1918 by Dunlop Bremner & Co. Port Glasgow.

as PETRONEL for The Admiralty –London,

Served as a water boat for the Atlantic Fleet.

1945 Sold to Bulk Oil SS Co. Ltd., London ( Coastal work )

1947  Renamed  PASS OF GLENCOE,  Bulk Oil SS Co.Ltd.

1949  ATHELGLEN  Athel Line Ltd. London

1954  MOLAGLEN  Pure Cane Molasses Co. Ltd. - Georgetown, Demerara.

1958  Broken up on the Demerara river, British Guiana

 

Athelglen as Petronel

 

Sister ships PETROBUS and PETRELLA

Built 1918 by Dunlop Bremner & Co. Port Glasgow.

1024 tons.

164ft x 28ft  x 11ft 6ins. I.H.P. 500 = 9 - 10 knots.

Own oil: 50 tons

Cylindrical boilers.

Complement: 16.

 

Petrobus – sister ship to Athelglen

 

Petrobus – sister ship to Athelglen

 

Photographs by Abrams

Courtesy of George Robinson

 

 

Raymond Forward