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Athel Line Ships

 

Athelruby

1 ship of this name

 

ATHELRUBY

ON 168971.
Built 1941 by George Brown & Co, Greenock

Yard Nr 217

Launched: 26^th June 1941

As the coastal tanker EMPIRE RUBY for the Ministry of War Transport.

Managed by Elder Dempster & Co.

667 grt  823 dwt

184ft x 31ft x 11ft

Engines: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd., Newbury

Oil engine 2SCSA 6cyl 600bhp; 10 knots

1946 sold to Athel Line (United Molasses Co., London); renamed ATHELRUBY.

1947  11^th September: While the SCOTTISH HEATHER was receiving a cargo of molasses at Demerara, Trinidad from the ATHELRUBY, the mooring lines broke, and the ATHELRUBY collided violently with the SCOTTISH HEATHER.

1950 sold to F. T. Everard & Sons, Greenhithe renamed AKINITY

1964 29^th February: Damaged in collision with the Norwegian motor vessel SKRIM in thick fog off South Goodwin Sands. Sold to A.E. Peirce, Canvey Island. Resold to Metaal Handel & Sloopwerken H.P. Heuvelman, Krimpen aan den Ijssel, Netherlands. Resold to Brugse Scheepsloperij for breaking up.

1965 scrapped at Bruges, Belgium.

 

Athelruby as Akinity

 

 

 

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