MV Ardingly
| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name: | MV Ardingly |
| Operator: | Stephenson Clarke Shipping,[1] Newcastle Upon Tyne |
| Builder: | SP Austin & Son Ltd,[2] Southwick, Sunderland |
| Yard number: | 406[2] |
| Completed: | 1951[1] |
| Acquired: | 1951[1] |
| Out of service: | 1971[1] |
| Fate: | Sold |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name: | MV Ballyrobert[1] |
| Operator: | John Kelly,[3] Belfast |
| Acquired: | 1971[3] |
| Out of service: | 1977[3] |
| Fate: | Sold |
 Cyprus[1] | |
| Name: | MV Lucky Trader[1] |
| Acquired: | 1977[1] |
| Out of service: | 1982[1] |
| Fate: | Scrapped at Piraeus, Greece, 1982[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Coaster |
| Tonnage: | 1,436 long tons (1,608 short tons; 1,459 t) gross;[2] 1,960 long tons (2,200 short tons; 1,990 t) deadweight[2] |
| Length: | 240 ft 0 in (73.15 m) |
| Beam: | 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m) |
| Draught: | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
| Capacity: | 1,860 long tons (2,080 short tons; 1,890 t)[2] |
MV Ardingly was a coaster built in 1951 as a collier for Stephenson Clarke Shipping.[1] She carried coal from North East England to ports in Southern England until this trade declined early in the 1960s.[1] Stephenson Clarke then transferred her to carrying bulk cargoes including limestone and grain.[1]
Many Stephenson Clarke ships were named after places in South East England.[2] MV Ardingly may have been so named because one Stephenson Clarke director, Mr. P.G. Wallace, had been a pupil at Ardingly College in 1909.[1]
In 1971 Stephenson Clarke sold her and a sister ship, MV Steyning, to John Kelly[3] in Northern Ireland. Kelly renamed her MV Ballyrobert[1] after the village of Ballyrobert in County Antrim.
In 1977 Kelly sold her to a Cypriot operator who renamed her MV Lucky Trader.[1] She was sold for scrap and broken up in Piraeus near Athens 1982.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Landymore, B.E.; Gibbs, Ken (2010). "And then, Ardingly gave its name to...". Old Ardinian. Old Ardinians Society (30, Summer 2010): 6.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Johnson, Paul (1998–2010). "Stephenson Clarke Shipping Co.". British Coastal and Short Sea Shipping Companies. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
- 1 2 3 4 "John Kelly's Coal Boats". Irish Coast Shipping. Retrieved 28 June 2010.