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Athelruby
1 ship of this name
ATHELRUBY
ON
168971.
Built 1941 by George Brown & Co, Greenock
Yard
Nr 217
Launched:
26th 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 11th 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
29th 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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