UK-built ships in recent decades?

[Dеnis]

I wonder, are there any short-sea general cargo ships that were built in UK in the past 15-20 years? I notice it's mostly Chinese, Dutch & German built ones, but if it's about UK, those are mostly from the 80s & earlier.

[Jens Boldt]

Hi Denis,

I know one because it happened to sail in front of my camera:

Scot Ranger, IMO 9138769,  built 1997

kind regards,
Jens

[Jordan Seifarth]

The Scot Ranger was built by the Yorkshire Drydock Company in Hull. The same yard built all of the "Hoo" boats in the 80s and a few larger variants in the early 90s but the yard has long since closed as have all others in the same field of work.

[davidships]

I think that Jens has indeed the last one with SCOT RANGER (ignoring one or two local or estuarial vessels).  Only these since 1990:

SCOT RANGER (IMO 9138769 - Yorkshire DD 1997)
ARKLOW BRIDGE (IMO 9101546 - Appledore 1996) now CSL CLYDE
ARKLOW BROOK (IMO 9101534 - Appledore 1995) now ROSE BROOK
SEA RUHR (IMO 9111553 - Yorkshire DD 1995) now CMS DENIZ
SEA RHONE (IMO 9111541 - Yorkshire DD 1995) now CMS SHAH
HOO KESTREL (IMO 9006459 - Yorkshire DD 1993) now SEA KESTREL
HOO LARCH (IMO 9006447 - Yorkshire DD 1992) now SEA RUBY
BOWCLIFFE (IMO 9006435 - Yorkshire DD 1992) now EAGLE
TORRENT (IMO 9015929 - Yorkshire DD 1992) now EEMS DELTA
HOO FALCON (IMO 9006423 - Yorkshire DD 1991) now FALCON
UNION SATURN/TIMA SATURN (IMO 8903038 - Cochrane 1991) now NOVA
NORTH SEA TRADER (IMO 9011961 - Cochrane 1991) now NEPTUNE
SHORT SEA TRADER (IMO 8903064 - Cochrane 1991) now SATURN
SUPERIORITY (IMO 8903052 - Cochrane 1991) now LADY ARZU
SENIORITY (IMO 9005467 - Appledore 1991) now QUANTUM
ANNA MARIA (IMO 9002453 - Yorkshire DD 1991) now EAST BLACKSEA

Of course, Appledore is still in business, but unlikely to build more of this type.

[Dеnis]

Thanks for the replies - this explains why I couldn't remember anything newer than that SCOT RANGER.

Regards,
Denis

[walbag]

i was very lucky at terneuzen on 20th june last year when deltagas and mersey fisher went by,i was pleased to see 2 british built ships