British & Commonwealth's Scottish Tanker Co (formerly Thompson Steamshipping Co - manager: Huntley,Cook & Co)'s 1958 John Brown, Clydebank, built tanker SCOTTISH PTARMIGAN, is seen passing Portishead, inbound for Avonmouth, fifty years ago tomorrow, on 9th September 1965

Later: 1968 MARKAB - 70 ELENI V.
in collision on 6th May 1978 while on a voyage from Europoort to Grangemouth and cut in two; forepart sunk with explosives; after part towed into port and later broken up