FURNESS SHIPBUILDING COMPANY LTD., HAVERTON HILL

Name BUCCLEUCH
Type Bulk cargo
Yard Number 521
Launched 29/04/1965
Completed 10/1965
Off. Number 307922
Engine builder Harland & Wolff, Belfast
Engine type 2SCSA 7 cyl. Burmeister & Wain
GRT 25293
Length (feet) 675
Beam (feet) 90
First owner British India S.N. Co. (Hain-Nourse Ltd.), London
   
History 1971 P&O Bulk Shipping division
  1972 Peninsular & Oriental S.N. Company
  1973 ARGO CASTOR, Knossos Shipping, Monrovia
  1977 renamed ATLANTICO
  1982 VERA, Vera Shipping Corporation, Monrovia
   
Fate 12/10/1985 arrived at Dairen for breaking.

Photo from Harold Appleyard

... and from collection of Michael Green, as ATLANTICO, photographer unknown

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