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Royston grange

Posted by Davy on May 11, 2022, 14:25:00

Just read its 50 years to the day that this hebburn built ship was sunk and all crew and passengers were killed. can anybody copy the story and put it up on here for others to see as I can't do it on my phone.

Re: Royston grange

Posted by Bill Wallace on May 11, 2022, 14:56:44, in reply to "Royston grange"

Here is one link

Link: Royston Grange

Re: Royston grange

Posted by Davy on May 11, 2022, 14:58:30, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

Cheers Bill.

Re: Royston grange

Posted by John Shearer on May 11, 2022, 16:29:44, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

I remember reading about the Royston Grange a few years back. Sad story. Mr Dennis Earle writes that he served on the Hardwick Grange as EDH 1966 and is now 73 years of age living in Southampton. The Hardwick Grange was the first ship I ever worked on.

Re: Royston grange

Posted by Norman Dunn on May 11, 2022, 20:18:42, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

Hebburn's Hawthorn Leslies built the Royston Grange in 1959, launching her on 23 June and completing her that December.
After the tragedy in May 1972 her owners, Houlder Line flew 130 relatives of the 74 victims to Uruguay for a mass funeral of the victims. On 20 May 1972 their remains, mostly little more than ashes and charred bones, were buried in six urns in two communal graves in The British Cemetery Montevideo.

The Royston Grange was initially towed to Montevideo, The recovery of her smouldering hull by the Uruguayan Navy led to confrontation with the Argentine patrol boats ARA King and ARA Murature, which had been ordered to tow the wreck to Buenos Aires.This was one of a series of maritime incidents that prompted the governments of Argentina and Uruguay to negotiate a new treaty on their maritime frontier, which was concluded the following year.
In March 1974, Royston Grange was towed to Barcelona where her scrapping began on 20 May 1979

Re: Royston grange

Posted by Edwin Johnson on May 12, 2022, 12:04:23, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

One of the engineers who died in that accident

Was John Kincaid John served his time in
Hawthorns around the time the Royston was
Built he may have worked on it

Re: Royston grange

Posted by Mac Hardy on May 12, 2022, 13:28:17, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

I sailed on her sister ship the Hardwicke Grange as Electrical Officer, I also had worked on the Royston Grange whilst she was under construction at Hawthorne Leslie's.

Re: Royston grange

Posted by John Shearer on May 12, 2022, 14:18:10, in reply to "Re: Royston grange"

Hi Mac, All the Grange boats were fine ships and so well built, I remember them so well.

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