ARAGONITE

[Bruce Salt]

Does anyone have any information/pictures of the ICI cargo ship "ARAGONITE".  In 1982 she was chartered to fill in for the Royal Mail Ship "ST. HELENA" voyaging between Cape Town, St. Helena Island and Ascension Island.  I sailed to Cape Town on her mid 1982, one of the other 11 passengers was a surgeon Douglas Quantrill who served in the Island's hosital, turned out to be a survivor of the torpedoed "CITY OF CAIRO"  www.sscityofcairo.co.uk 
The voyage took a week, two days longer than normal due to engine problems and we ran out of food as well, well food was severely rationed so that we all had something to eat.

Regards
Bruce

[Clydee]

Mimarar Ship Index (highly recommended) shows in better format than below :


Table 1. The search results for ARAGONITE.
ON    LR/IMO    ID    Year    Name    Tons    Change    Starke    Ref.    Registered Owner    Port
163934      1163934    1934    ARAGONITE    315       V1934    #18    Kingston Steam Trawling Co Ltd   
300210    5201752   5201752    1958    ARAGONITE    708    1982    V1958    #759    Pounds' Marine Sg Ltd    GBR Glasgow
6721498   6721498    1967    ARAGONITE ISLANDER    36365    1971

[victor radio74]

I think this is ARAGONITE http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1447588