Name: | RUTH LAKE |
Type: | Ore Carrier |
Launched: | 15/12/1955 |
Completed: | 06/1956 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Wallsend |
Yard Number: | 1841 |
Dimensions: | 21157grt, 11783nrt, 31000dwt, 661.8 x 87.5 x 34.0ft |
Engines: | 2 x steam turbines |
Engines by: | Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Reg Number: | 188200 |
History: | |
06/1956 | Iron Ore Transport Co Ltd, London (Skaarup Shipping Corp, New York) |
1969 | Iron Ore Transport Co Ltd, Monrovia |
1970 | Cosmopolitan Shipping Co SA, Monrovia |
1973 | Renamed AGIA BARBARA |
14/12/1976 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1971: Converted to an oil tanker, 20706grt |
14/12/1976: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up by Shey Sheng Fuat Steel |
Above photo as AGIA BARBARA copyright of Derek Sands