Arran Firth 55 years ago

[michaelp]

A lonely Arran Firth-- G T Gillie & Blair Ltd--531gt

Taken Spring Bank 1969
Michael

[creemaster]

ARRAN FIRTH (2) (1962-1969)
IMO 5025263 544g 303n 750d 188’7” x 28’ 3” x 11’ 02
6-Cyl 4SA oil engine by Mak. Maschinebauke Gmbh, Kiel, West Germany.
11.1957: Completed by Grols Scheepswerven NV, Zuidroek, Holland (Yard No. 47) for H. Knop, Copenhagen, Denmark as ALPHA.
1962: Owners became I/S Alpha (H. Knop, Copenhagen, manager), Denmark.
1962: Acquired by Firth Shipping Co Ltd (G.T. Gillie & Blair Ltd, , Newcastle-upon-Tyne, managers), Newcastle-upon-Tyne and renamed ARRAN FIRTH.
16.8.1969: Sold, subject to survey, for £33,000 to Shamrock Shipping Co Ltd (Charles S. Brown, Larne, manager), Larne. When docked in London found to have severe bottom damage.
3.1. 1970: Sold in a damaged state for £28,000 to Thomas Jack & Co (Shipping) Ltd, Larne (V. Nolan Ltd, Dublin, manager), Larne and transferred to the Irish Republic register.
10.5.1971: Sold for £23,500 to N. Fokas & S. Panachrantos, Piraeus, Greece and renamed AGIA MARKELLA.
1972: Sold to Fouad A. Sinno & Co, Beirut, Lebanon and renamed FOUAD.
1984: Sold to unspecified Leabanese owners and renamed HILAL.
14.12.1992: Foundered off the Lebanese coast, near Jyeh.