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Thursday, May 26, 1966 @ 1605 		ACTEON (1961- 1985 Oil tanker "A"- class carrying crude oil and white oil products,170m overall of La Corona / Shell Tankers, Rotterdam, Holland) : 1985 scrapped at Chittagong, Bangladesh) Own Page

Shell tanker ACTEON arrived at Ardrossan Harbour (Scotland) with a cargo of Petrol and Avtur
Vessel MasterJ RusigPort of Registry's-Gravenhage (Netherlands)
Arrived fromStanlow (on Manchester Ship Canal, England, UK) via Dublin (Ireland)Deadweght Tonnage19,195
Arrived in berth12 Ocean Tanker Berth, Ardrossan Harbour, Scotland, U.K., assisted by tugs SEAWAY and BRIGADIER
Draught aft on arrival20 feet
Cargo carried on arrivalPetrol and Avtur ( Avtur = aviation turbine fuel = kerosene)
Ships agentT L Duff & Co. Ltd., 13 Montgomerie Street, Ardrossan (Scotland, UK) tel. Ardrossan-Saltcoats 38