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22nd February 2022, 11:41 AM
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Re: The British Trampship
Yes that’s correct John. The Ravensworth one of those built for Port Talbot I was on it 66 during the seaman’s strike.think the Beechwood 10 years late, was also in Port Talbot I think but hard to remember as for 5 years in between was on 4 foreign flag ships of a much more difference in trade type.JS
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22nd February 2022, 01:06 PM
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Re: The British Trampship
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j.sabourn
PostWar Doxford Ships..As a result of demand the first of 3 ships were built for Panamanian interests The AGHIA MARINA was the first all welded ship built by Doxfords , which resulted in the saving of some 350 tons of steel in construction. It was also estimated that less 600 BHP was required to propel the vessel at the same comparable riveted ship and her daily fuel consumption would be about 2.5 tons less. This first ship was built in 1954.
JS.
Thanks John.Always something new to learn on here. Naturally,I had to look her up to know more of her history !
Adding on :
So the three were:
AGHIA MARINA 1954 Yard No.803 Grk flag Scrapped 1980
AGHIOS NICOLAOS 1955 Yard No..805 Grk flag .Wrecked after fire and grounding 1978,off Cotonou,W.Africa.
DONA OURANIA 1956 Yard No.812 Liberian flag.Scrapped 1982
So all had 'normal' lifespans of about 30 years with several owners each.
Last edited by Graham Shaw; 22nd February 2022 at 01:54 PM.
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23rd February 2022, 05:23 AM
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Re: The British Trampship
Must go to Specsavers, thought it read as BISTO.
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23rd February 2022, 01:30 PM
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Re: The British Trampship
#19 Just reading some of these old posts , Red lead Ted your #19 of this post caught my eye and the Linkmoor was ex Runcimans not Ropners .good excuse to find if you ok , as you haven’t been posting for some time ? Cheers JS
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