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