Glasgow And Ships Of The Clyde

Ship: Aghios Spyridon

Port of Registry: Piraeus
Net Tonnage: 4362
Reg Tonnage: -
Gross Tonnage: 7214
Deadweight Tonnage: 10,750

Andrew Pllu of St. Helens, Lancashire writes:
I was a deck-boy on an Irish Sea coaster in Ardrossan when this ship was brought in. I remember that everyone in the harbour stopped work to watch her coming through the small dock entrance.
Here are her details
Built by the Burrard Dry Dock Co. Ltd. Of Vancouver as "Fort La Havre" and delivered in March 1944 as a ?Victory? type Fort ship.
She was sold in 1947 and renamed Angusglen.
Between 1954 and 1955 she was owned or managed by Lyle Shipping Co. and named Cape Melan. It was as Cape Melan that she was photographed in the English Channel as shown.
She was sold to Greece in 1955 and took the name Aghios Spyridon. On 27th may 1959 she ran aground and caught fire off the north coast of Cuba. It took three days to extinguish the fire and a further two weeks to re-float the ship.
She was finally scrapped at Troon during 1961.
Cheers,
Andrew Pllu, St. Helens

And Andrew Pllu further writes:
Hi Douglas, here's more information on Aghios Spyridon
FORT LA HAVE
Type: Victory
Tonnage: 7,166grt
Dimensions: 441.5 x 57.2
Builders: Burrard Dry Dock Co., North Vancouver
Delivery Date: March, 1944
Owners; Managers:
D.O.C.; Hain Steamship Co., London for M.O.W.T.
Post war History:
1947: Lunham & Moore Shipping Ltd., Montreal, renamed ANGUSGLEN;
1954: Lyle Shipping Co., Glasgow, renamed CAPE MELAN;
1955: Greek owners, renamed AGHIOS SPYRIDON;
May 27, 1959: On passage from Hampton Roads to Japan, she went aground some 80 miles west of Cuba and caught fire;
June 19, 1959, refloated and sold to Greek owners and resold to British breakers;
Broken up Troon, Scotland in 1961.
Cheers, Andrew Pllu

Aghios Spyridon