rudby

Small snapshot of Ropner's 'Rudby' at Lyttelton, c.1950 Rudby Built: 1944 Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. Baltimore, U.S.A. Tonnage: 7,219grt Owners: Ropner Sg.Co. Ltd 1944: Completed as 'Samtay' for the U.S. War Shipping Admin. Bareboat chartered to M.O.T. London, Blue Star Line mgmt. 1947: Purch

Bound for Europort from Port Cartier, Canada 1979 loaded with iron ore. 105,000dwt.