KIRKHAM ABBEY

Built 07/1956
Tonnages 1372 grt, 552 nrt
Dimensions 265.4 x 40.5 x 14.5 ft
Shipbuilder (yard number) Austin & Pickersgill Ltd., Southwick, Sunderland (427)
Engine builder Ruston & Hornsby, Lincoln
Engine Motor, 4SA 9cyl
O.N. 181217
Owners 1956 British Transport Commission

Built for the Goole - Copenhagen service operated by British Railways, with refrigerated holds (although managed by A.H.L., did not carry their initials on her funnel)

  1963  British Railways Board
  1965 Ellerman's Wilson Line, Goole; renamed ARIOSTO
  1970 Maldives Shipping Ltd., Maldives; renamed MALDIVE IMPORTER
   
Fate 09/08/1983 arrived at Gadani Beach for breaking

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