BARON ARDROSSAN
Geared Bulk Carrier.
Official Number 335586 Call Sign GOQX

Tonnages: 14,508 gross 9,632 net 23,680 deadweight


Main Dimensions: 534.3 x 75.2 x 34.2 feet

Cargo Handling: Fitted with four electric hydraulic deck cranes of 16 tonnes SWL suitable for grab handling.

Engine: Two 12 cylinder Ruston & Hornsby medium speed oil engines,
12,000 bhp 15 knots.

October 1970: Completed by Haugesund Mekaniske Verksted, Haugesund (Yard No. 37) for H. Hogarth & Sons Ltd., Glasgow.
Scottish Ship Management Ltd., Glasgow, managers.
Maiden Voyage, Haugusund to Norfolk Virginia, loaded coal for Amagaskai, Japan.

December 1973: Re-engined by Amsterdamsche Droogdok Maatschappij, Amsterdam with 2 Stork Wekspoor Diesel 12 TM 410 Medium Speed Engines. 12,000 bhp. 15 knots.

1981: Sold Hae Yung Shipping Co. Ltd. South Korea flag. Renamed Haeyung Eastern.

August 1986: Broken up at Busan, Korea


This photograph was taken by and copyright belongs to Peter Newton. Shown here with his permission.