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Athel Line Ships

Tankers Ltd Ships

Scottish Borderer

Scottish Borderer

Photo : William Denny

SCOTTISH BORDERER
6,996 grt, 9820dwt

Built 1923 by Wm. Denny & Bros, Dumbarton

Yard No 1139

For Tankers Ltd, London.

425ft x 56ft 9ins x  26ft 2ins draught x 33ft 4ins

2 Denny Sulzer 2 stroke oil engines; 4cyl; 2200shp; 769 nhp.

Twin screw 11.5knots

1938 sold to Braathens Rederi A/S (Ludv. G. Braathen), Oslo

Renamed BRARENA.

10th June 1940 seized by Italy at Naples, whilst discharging;

then operated by Italian Government.

22nd July 1941 Bombed on a voyage from Palermo to Tripoli, by British aircraft, South of Lampedusa; then torpedoed 80 miles South from Pantellaria; drifted ashore 1st August, in Kerkennah Channel. Total loss.
 

Raymond Forward