| Name: | ROYSTON GRANGE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 23/06/1959 |
| Completed: | 12/1959 |
| Builder: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Ship Builders) Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 736 |
| Dimensions: | 10385dwt, 10262grt, 5726nrt, 489.0 x 65.7 x 29.0ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, 8500shp |
| Engines by: | Hawthorn, Leslie (Engineering) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 16.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 301035 |
| History: | |
| 12/1959 | Houlder Line Ltd (Houlder Bros & Co Ltd), London |
| 20/05/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 11/05/1972: Destroyed by fire after a collision with tanker TIEN CHEE when |
| 35 miles off Montevideo in fog, outward from Buenos Aires for London | |
| All on board perished, 61 crew, 12 passengers and 1 pilot | |
| 20/05/1974: Arrived under tow at Barcelona for breaking up |
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is copyright of Malcolm Cranfield
Above photo is copyright of Bob Scott
Above photo is copyright of the Illustrated London News, Thursday, 01/06/1972
The burnt out wreck at Montevideo in 1973. Photo is courtesy of Photoship