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Name: APRICITY
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 11/10/1966
Completed: 01/06/1967
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 292
Dimensions: 682grt, 496nrt, 1164dwt, 223.9 X 34.9 X 12.0ft
Engines: Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (320 x 426mm), 840bhp; (1974: 4SA, 8cyl (222 x 292mm), 1000bhp)
Engines by: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury; (1974: Mirrlees Blackstone Ltd, Stamford)
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 334510
History:
06/1967 FT Everard & Sons Ltd, London
12/1982 Carisbrooke Shipping Ltd, Cowes; renamed HELEEN C
09/1988 SE Taylor, Lyndhurst
01/1989 Renamed ERNEST T
07/1989 Denver Shipping (Seawaves Shipping Co), Gibraltar
07/1989 Renamed ERNEST 1
1991 Denver Shipping, Bandar Abbas; renamed SHAD 1
Comments: 02/1974: Re-engined with a Mirrlees Blackstone
10/2018: Still in service


Above photo as APRICITY is copyright of Charlie Hill

Above photo as APRICITY is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as APRICITY is copyright of Ray Perry

Above photo as APRICITY, dated 11/08/1981, is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as HELEEN C is copyright of John Jones