Ship No 293
Was an order from a local Leith shipping Line named J. Currie and Company Ltd.
She was an identical ship to “Oriole” being a single screw motor cargo vessel, at 489 tons, with a length overall of 160 feet and a beam of 27 feet, with draught of 14 feet.
She was launched from the yard 16th of October 1939.
Edina was to go on and have an eventful time during World War II and also took part in the invasion of Europe on D-Day 1944.
M.V.Edina
In 1945 she was, sold to Dundee, Perth & London Shipping Co., Dundee and renamed Gowrie.
A history of the Ships built at the Henry Robb Shipyard in Leith, Scotland. Also a testimony to the men who built the Ships and to all who sailed in them.
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List of Great Sites.
A very informative site on the U.S.Navy
http://www.history.navy.mil/
The Charity that saves lives at sea
http://www.rnli.org.uk/
Help to save the World's oldest Clipper Ship "City of Adelaide"
http://cityofadelaide.org.au/
A great site for New Zealand shipping
http://www.nzshipmarine.com/
For a real good read on life in the Scottish Islands, and the ships around the Islands.
http://lifeattheendoftheroad.wordpress.com/
For what's happening in Leith today.
http://www.leithlinks.co.uk/
A fantastic site all about the "Classic Liners"
http://www.ssmaritime.com/
For ship movements in SETUBAL Portugal
http://ships-boats-craft.blogspot.co.uk/
The fishing fleet using Peterhead Harbour
http://peterhead-fishing-harbour.blogspot.co.uk/
The preservation of a classic old steam ship of historical interest berthed at Leith
http://www.ss-explorer.com/
For the latest of ships going to the "breakers Yard"
http://www.ship-breaking.com/
For a great social/local look at history in Leith and Edinburgh
http://www.edinphoto.org.uk/0_a_l/0_around_edinburgh_-_leith_0.htm
For the Professional Mariner
http://www.professionalmariner.com
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3 comments:
that ship was scraped or finish her life sunken?
In 1997 diving in Jamaica (Port Royal) with "Bucaniers Diving Club" i recover from the fWD mast one bell with the inscription name "Edina" I left the bell in the hands of the Bocanears manager Gary Casson. In now a day y have pictures of the bell and movie of a ship wrek
Hi Antonio, if you want to please send picturesor video to me at theloftsman@gmail.com
I will upload them to the Blog and website so that all can see, thanks.
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