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S.S. GLEDDOCH, negative
¾ Starboard bow view of S.S. GLEDDOCH.
Ore carrier built 1953 by Lithgow’s, Port Glasgow (with triple expansion steam engine by Rankin & Blackmore Ltd., Greenock), for Scottish Ore Carriers Ltd., Glasgow, managed by J&J Denholm (Management) Ltd. 1970 – Sold to Claudio Marinzulich, Venice, and renamed ALDO CECCONI, managed by Agenzia Marottima Duodo e Co. 1977 – Sold to Espiride Soc. Di Nav. SpA, Milan (same name). She was sold to Itta Ruggeri for breaking up at Vado Ligure in 1978. (clydesite.co.uk)