ROMANIC /  PLATE CLIPPER

BUILT FOR THE BOLTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY IN 1954, AND  IT WAS INTENDED THAT SHE BE  NAMED 'RUYSDAEL', BUT WHILE STILL BUILDING SHE WAS CHARTERED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON A SEVEN YEAR CHARTER. AS SSA SHIP NAMES ALL END IN 'IC', SHE WAS RE-NAMED AND LAUNCHED AS THE  'ROMANIC'.

IN 1961 HER CHARTER TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION WAS OVER, SHE WAS RETURNED TO HER OWNERS WHO SOLD  HER TO A GREEK COMPANY WHO RE-NAMED HER 'PLATE CLIPPER'.

THE BOLTON STEAMSHIP COMPANY HAD BEEN FORMED IN 1885 AND WAS A TRAMP COMPANY UNDERTAKING WORLD WIDE CHARTERS. THE COMPANIES OFFICES HAD BEEN LOCATED IN BEVIS MARKS HOUSE IN LONDON EC3.