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Name: WILKS
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched: 19/02/1969
Completed: 21/03/1969
Builder: Clelands Shipbuilding Co Ltd
Yard: Willington Quay
Yard Number: 311
Dimensions: 199grt, 149nrt, 422dwt, 129.2 x 25.0 x 10.7ft
Engines: Oil engine, 4SA, 8cyl (168 x 184mm), 345bhp
Engines by: Rolly Royce Ltd, Shrewsbury
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 337108
History:
03/1969 Eggar-Forester Ltd (GT Gillie & Blair Ltd), London
1974 Managers became Buries Markes Ltd, London
1975 Glenlight Shipping Ltd, Ardrossan
1975 Hay, Hamilton Ltd (Glenlight Shipping Ltd), Glasgow
1975 Renamed GLENROSA
1976 Clyde Shipping Co Ltd (Glenlight Shipping Ltd), Glasgow
1988 Glenlight Shipping Ltd, Ardrossan
1990 Roderick McLean, London; renamed BOSTON BELLE
1992 Broken up
Comments: 15/05/1992: Arrived at Inverkeithing to be broken up
14/10/1992: Breaking up commenced by RM Supplies
15/11/1992: Breaking up completed


Above photo as WILKS is copyright of Derick Goubert

Above photo as WILKS is copyright of Mike Nash

Above photo as GLENROSA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as GLENROSA is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as GLENROSA is copyright of Craig Antlet

Above photo as GLENROSA is copyright of Michael Green

Above photo as BOSTON BELLE is copyright of Graham Atkinson