MV Ardingly

History
United Kingdom
NameMV Ardingly
OperatorStephenson Clarke Shipping,[1] Newcastle Upon Tyne
BuilderSP Austin & Son Ltd,[2] Southwick, Sunderland
Yard number406[2]
Launched25 October 1950
Completed1951[1]
Acquired1951[1]
Out of service1971[1]
FateSold
United Kingdom
NameMV Ballyrobert[1]
OperatorJohn Kelly,[3] Belfast
Acquired1971[3]
Out of service1977[3]
IdentificationIMO number: 5022778
FateSold
Cyprus[1]
NameMV Lucky Trader[1]
Acquired1977[1]
Out of service1982[1]
IdentificationIMO number: 5022778
FateScrapped at Piraeus, Greece, 1982[1]
General characteristics
Class and typeCoaster
Tonnage1,473 GRT;[2] 1,930 long tons (2,160 short tons; 1,960 t) deadweight[2]
Length240 ft 0 in (73.15 m)
Beam36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Capacity1,860 long tons (2,080 short tons; 1,890 t)[2]

MV Ardingly was a coaster built in 1951 as a collier for Stephenson Clarke Shipping.[1] She carried coal from North East England to ports in Southern England until this trade declined early in the 1960s.[1] Stephenson Clarke then transferred her to carrying bulk cargoes including limestone and grain.[1]

Many Stephenson Clarke ships were named after places in South East England.[2] MV Ardingly may have been so named because one Stephenson Clarke director, Mr. P.G. Wallace, had been a pupil at Ardingly College in 1909.[1]

In 1971 Stephenson Clarke sold her and a sister ship, MV Steyning, to John Kelly[3] in Northern Ireland. Kelly renamed her MV Ballyrobert[1] after the village of Ballyrobert in County Antrim.

In 1977 Kelly sold her to a Cypriot operator who renamed her MV Lucky Trader.[1] She was sold for scrap and broken up in Piraeus near Athens 1982.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Landymore, B.E.; Gibbs, Ken (2010). "And then, Ardingly gave its name to...". Old Ardinian (30, Summer 2010). Old Ardinians Society: 6.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Johnson, Paul (1998–2010). "Stephenson Clarke Shipping Co". British Coastal and Short Sea Shipping Companies. Retrieved 28 June 2010.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ a b c d "John Kelly's Coal Boats". Irish Coast Shipping. Retrieved 28 June 2010.