RIPPENHAM GRANGE / ABBEY WOOD

BUILT IN 1943 BY R W HAWTHORNE, LESLIE & CO IN NEWCASTLE.

FROM 1950 TO 1955 SHE WAS PERIODICALLY CHARTERED FROM HOULDERS TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AND FROM 1955 TO 1960 ON LONG TERM CHARTER TO SSA.

IN 1961 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE FAR EAST MARITIME SERVICES OF HONG KONG AND RE-NAMED 'ABBEY WOOD'.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED THE FOLLOWING YEAR IN 1962 AT HAKODATE.

SHE HAD BEEN THE SISTER SHIP TO THE BEACON GRANGE.