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KINNAIRD HEAD

KINNAIRD HEAD

LR/IMO no. 5406039.
1,985 grt; 2,879 dwt
Operator: for A F Henry & MacGregor Ltd, Leith (part of the Christian Salvesen Group).
Built 1963 by George Brown & Co (Marine) Ltd, Greenock. Yard no. 276.
Main engine: nine-cylinder, two-stroke British Polar MN19S of 2,020 bhp at 250 rpm. Speed: 12.5 knots.
1972-sold to Onesimus Dorey (1972) Ltd, of Guernsey and renamed PERELLE.
1977-sold to Italian owners and renamed FRANSESCA SECONDA.
1985-to breakers at Porto Nogaro, Italy.
Photographed the Thames, arriving at the Bowater’s paper mill jetty, Northfleet, with a cargo of pulp.

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Good photo Bob,

with those funnel marks she looks like she is on charter to the Finnish company FÅA (Finska Ångfartygs Aktiebolaget). my first ship the M/S Else Reith was also chartered to FÅA.

Cheers Frank
 

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That is the A F Henry & MacGregor funnel marking
 

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I am sorry for the mistake, the funnel marks are very similar.

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/6681/title/m-2fselse-reith/cat/510

Cheers Frank
 

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