MV Ardingly

History
United Kingdom
Name: MV Ardingly
Operator: Stephenson Clarke Shipping,[1] Newcastle Upon Tyne
Builder: SP Austin & Son Ltd,[2] Southwick, Sunderland
Yard number: 406[2]
Completed: 1951[1]
Acquired: 1951[1]
Out of service: 1971[1]
Fate: Sold
United Kingdom
Name: MV Ballyrobert[1]
Operator: John Kelly,[3] Belfast
Acquired: 1971[3]
Out of service: 1977[3]
Fate: Sold
Cyprus[1]
Name: MV Lucky Trader[1]
Acquired: 1977[1]
Out of service: 1982[1]
Fate: Scrapped at Piraeus, Greece, 1982[1]
General characteristics
Class & type: Coaster
Tonnage: 1,436 long tons (1,608 short tons; 1,459 t) gross;[2] 1,960 long tons (2,200 short tons; 1,990 t) deadweight[2]
Length: 240 ft 0 in (73.15 m)
Beam: 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m)
Draught: 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
Capacity: 1,860 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Landymore, B.E.; Gibbs, Ken (2010). "And then, Ardingly gave its name to...". Old Ardinian (Old Ardinians Society) (30, Summer 2010): 6.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Johnson, Paul (1998–2010). "Stephenson Clarke Shipping Co.". British Coastal and Short Sea Shipping Companies. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "John Kelly's Coal Boats". Irish Coast Shipping. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
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