Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ardrossan man Peter Robert Boylan dies in accident on tanker "British Signal"

From "The Ardrossan & Saltcoats Herald" dated Friday 28th May 1971.

Ardrossan man dies in ship accident

A 31-year-old Ardrossan man, Mr. Peter Ronald Boylan, was killed in a fatal accident on board the tanker mv British Signal on Tuesday when it was in the English Channel on a trip to Las Palmas in the Canary Islands.

Mr. Boylan, who lived at 56 Elm Park, was employed as a mechanical fitter with one of the mobile work forces operated by Ardrossan engineering contractors William McCrindle & Son Ltd. when the accident occurred.

He is survived by a wife and two young children.