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.

First of a group of eight sisters built at Haugusund for British Owners between 1970 and 1973.
Lyle Shipping Co. Ltd. - Cape Horn. Cape Hawke. Cape Grafton. Cape Grenville.
H. Hogarth and Sons Ltd - Baron Ardrossan. Baron Inchcape. Baron Wemyss
Lambert Bros. (Shipping) - Temple Inn.
All initially managed by Scottish Ship Management Ltd. (SSM)
Apart from the last built (Cape Grenville) they were propelled by two of the ill-fated Ruston Hornsby AO medium speed diesels. Cape Grenville was built with two Stork Wekspoor medium speed engines. Which proved less problematic. The remaining seven were re-engined with the Stork medium speeds before 1974.
After re-engining the management of Temple Inn and three sisters, built to a different Norwegian design but also with Ruston engines were transferred to Whitco Marine Services.


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