Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: LADY ROSLIN (1958-1982 Explosives carrier 174 feet long of I.C.I. Nobel Division, Irvine)

Port of Registry: Glasgow
Net Tonnage: 304
Reg Tonnage: 275
Gross Tonnage: 698
Deadweight Tonnage: 552

LADY ROSLIN was built for ICI as an explosives carrier.
In 1982 she was sold and, in the Falklands war was subsequently chartered by the British Government under the name ARAGONITE, and fitted with accommodation for 12 passengers she provided a regular passenger and cargo service from Cape Town to the islands of St Helena and Ascension