Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship Event

Sunday, January 15, 1961 @ 2100 		BRITISH ROBIN ( 1960 - 1977 Product tanker "Bird class" of BP Tanker Company, London) Own Page

Dense fog causes BP Tanker's new ship BRITISH ROBIN to abort undocking from Elderslie Dry-Dock
Sailed from berthElderslie Number 2 Dry-Dock, Elderslie, GlasgowPort of RegistryLondon

She was a brand new ship, just built by Lithgows Shipyard at Port Glasgow and was dry-docking prior to being handed over to her owners

Hans Hasse adds : BRITISH ROBIN was built in 1960 at Lithgows in Port Glasgow and was sold by BP in 1977, eventually being broken up in Gadani Beach (Pakistan) in 1986