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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
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