| Name: | M O B 9 |
| Type: | Tanker |
| Launched: | 1945 |
| Completed: | 03/06/1945 |
| Builder: | Shipbuilding Corporation Ltd |
| Yard: | Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 23 |
| Dimensions: | 180dwt, 136grt, 49nrt, 104.0 x 19.7 x 7.2ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (10 & 20 x 15ins); (1969: oil engine, 2SA, ‘D’ type, 6cyl) |
| Engines by: | A Hall & Co, Aberdeen; (1969: Newbury Diesel Co Ltd, Newbury) |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 185896 |
| History: | |
| 03/06/1945 | Royal Army Service Corps |
| 13/12/1951 | Pound’s Shipowners & Shipbreakers Ltd, Portsmouth |
| 11/1952 | FT Everard & Sons Ltd, London; renamed ATTUNITY |
| 01/1959 | Everard Shipping Co Ltd, London |
| 05/1966 | WGS Crouch & Sons Ltd, Greenhithe |
| 1967 | Renamed ERNIE SPEARING |
| 1974 | Dundee Harbour Trust; renamed ABERCRAIG |
| 1985 | G Beazley (Maritime Services) Ltd, Stockton-on-Tees |
| 1985 | N Keedy & Sons Ltd, Cleadon, Sunderland |
| 1987 | Tyne Water Boats Ltd, Cleadon, Sunderland |
| 2002 | M Devlin, Jarrow |
| ???? | Broken up |
| Comments: | Ordered by the Admiralty & built as a Military Oil Barge hence MOB |
| 11/01/1944: Order transferred to Royal Army Service Corps | |
| 1969: Re-engined | |
| 30/12/2004: Left the Tyne under tow. Destination unknown. | |
| Presumed broken up |
Above photo as ATTUNITY courtesy of Richard Cox
Above photo as ABERCRAIG is copyright of Graeme Turner
Above photo as ABERCRAIG, dated 17/04/1988, is copyright of Mike Ridgard
Above photo as ABERCRAIG, dated 17/04/1988, is copyright of Mike Ridgard
Above photo as ABERCRAIG, dated 27/03/1998, is copyright of Michael Green