SS Royston Grange (1959)
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SS Royston Grange was a Houlder Line refrigerated cargo liner steamship that was built in England in 1959. In 1972 she collided with the tanker Tien Chee in the Río de la Plata. The resulting fire killed all 74 people aboard Royston Grange and eight people aboard Tien Chee. Royston Grange's burnt-out hulk was scrapped in Spain in 1979.
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Name | Royston Grange |
Namesake | Royston Grange, Ballidon |
Owner | Houlder Line Ltd |
Operator | Houlder Bros & Co Ltd |
Port of registry | London |
Route | Great Britain – Río de la Plata |
Builder | Hawthorn, Leslie & Co, Hebburn |
Yard number | 736 |
Launched | 23 June 1959 |
Completed | December 1959 |
Out of service | 11 May 1972 |
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Fate | Destroyed by fire after collision 11 May 1972. Scrapped 1979. |
General characteristics | |
Type | refrigerated cargo liner |
Tonnage | 10,262 GRT, 5,726 NRT, 10,385 DWT |
Length | 489.0 ft (149.0 m) |
Beam | 65.7 ft (20.0 m) |
Depth | 29.0 ft (8.8 m) |
Installed power | 8,500 shp |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Capacity | 12 passengers |
Crew | 61 |
Notes | sister ship: Hardwicke Grange |
Royston or Roystone Grange is an 18th-century farmstead next to the site of a medieval monastic grange at Ballidon in Derbyshire, England.[1][2][3] Houlder Line had named ships after several English granges, including Royston, since the 1890s. This ship was the company's fifth and last Royston Grange.[4]