Facts

Some data taken from the Clydesite Database:

PIBROCH ( II )

Yard No:

415

Port of Registry:

Glasgow

Shipbuilder:

Scotts Bowling

Propulsion:

 

Diesel:
British Polar diesel engine 270 bhp
Re-engined with a Kelvin 8cyl. turbo auxilliary engine

Launch:

04.12.1956

Built:

1957

Ship Type:

Coaster

Tonnage:

157 grt

Length:

87 ft

Breadth:

20 ft

Built for:

Scottish Malt Distillers Ltd, Glasgow

1976:
Sold to Glenlight Shipping Company

1990:
J. A. Hawco, Glasgow

2002:
Lying at Letterfrack Co. Galway, Ireland.

2003:
New owners: Bogaert Marine Service, a shiprepair and dieselservice company.
They will restore PIBROCH and operate her on the westcoast of Ireland.

09.2004:
Still tied up at Letterfrack and rusting away.

04.2005:
Still no sign of restoration. Although the owner lives onboard and want her lifted to repair the bottom.

Pibroch Slide show, April 2005
© by Jim Lyons
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2006:
Status unchanged.

05.2006:
The owner will scrap her.

11.2006:
It seems that PIBROCH is not floating anymore