ROYSTON  GRANGE

BUILT IN 1959 BY HAWTHORNE, LESLIE & CO AT HEBBURN. IN 1972 ROYSTON GRANGE COLLIDED WITH THE LIBERIAN TANKER 'TIEN CHEE' IN FOG IN THE INDIO CHANNEL OF MONTEVIDEO SHE WAS INCINERATED DUE TO THE CARGO OF BUTTER SHE WAS CARRYING AND THE OIL FROM 'TIEN CHEE'. SEVENTY FOUR PEOPLE DIED ON THE ROYSTON GRANGE, THE COMPLETE SHIP COMPLEMENT INCLUDING PASSENGERS AND OFFICERS WIVES AND CHILDREN. EIGHT PEOPLE ABOARD 'TIEN CHEE' ALSO DIED. BOTH VESSELS WERE LATER  SCRAPPED.THE ROYSTON GRANGE WAS TOWED BACK TO MONTEVIDEO, AND THEN ONTO SPAIN WERE SHE WAS SCRAPPED.