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Thursday, March 3, 1966 @ 1000
DATE is correct but ACTUAL TIME is not known - any TIME SHOWN is our estimate for guidance only 		ARDTARA (1964-1967 General cargo ship of Mullion & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong : Scrapped in 1972) Own Page

March 1966 and United States blacklist three British ships for carrying cargoes to North Vietnam
Ship's locationWashington D. C., (U.S.A).Port of RegistryGlasgow (UK)
Gross Tonnage5,806

 

   The United States today blacklisted three more British ships for calling at North Vietnamese Ports in contravention of a ban on vessels carrying certain cargoes to that area.

   The blacklisting means that the ships will not now be eligible to carry cargoes financed by the U.S. Government such as foreign aid goods or food products.

   The three vessels are the ARDTARA, a 5,806 gross ton cargo ship owned by Mullion & Co. Ltd. of Hong Kong and registered in Glasgow and GREENFORD, 2,964 gross tons and registered in Liverpool and MILFORD 1,889 gross tons and registered in Hong Kong.

   ARDTARA was well known in British and European waters from 1954 to 1964 when she was named BRITISH MONARCH of Monarch Steamship Co. Ltd. of Glasgow and managed by Harrisons (Clyde) Ltd. and then sold in 1964 to the Mullion Company.

   There are now eight ships on the United States blacklist — six British, one from Cyprus and one from Greece.