Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: Dorset Coast

Port of Registry: Liverpool
Net Tonnage: -
Reg Tonnage: 610
Gross Tonnage: 1167
Deadweight Tonnage: 1360

Carrying trailers between Ardrossan and Larne.

A cargo ship, built in 1959 by Ardrossan Shipyard for British owners.
Length 67.1 metres, beam 10.9 metres, and her diesel engine drove a single propeller to give a service speed of 11 knots.
Sold in 1979 and renamed El Hussein,
Sold in 1981 and renamed El Kheer,
Sold in 1981 and renamed Denton Venture,
Sold in 1984 and renamed Ourania.
Broken up in Bruges, Belgium, in June 1985.

Dorset Coast