Lowland Tanker Company

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Lowland Tanker Company
Company typeShipping
IndustryOil
Founded1950;74 years ago (1950) in United Kingdom
FoundersWilliam Keswick & Robert Gillespie
Defunct1979 (1979)
FateDefunct
Owners
  • British Tanker Co
  • Matheson & Co Ltd (Hong Kong)
  • Common Bros (Management) Ltd

The Lowland Tanker Company was a British shipping company operating a small fleet of oil tankers on time-charter to BP.

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History

In 1950 the British Tanker Company, for managerial and economic reasons, formed a separate associated company to operate ten oil tankers exclusively for BP cargos. BTC owned 50% of the company with 25% owned by Matheson, the maritime arm of Jardine Matheson, and 25% by the Newcastle ship-owners, Common Brothers, the latter company being tasked with the management of the ships. [1] A further 5 ships were bought in the early 1960s. The ships were taken over by the BP Tanker Company, successors to BTC, in 1976 with the minority shareholders in the company being bought out by BP in 1979. [2]

Ships

The first ten ships were constructed in the traditional style with the bridge and accommodation block in the centre of the ship and the engine rooms aft. The last five were built in what is now the standard layout, with all the superstructure aft leaving the tank deck clear. To distinguish them from BTC's own ships they had a tartan band painted on the funnel. After BPTC took them in-house the band was retained but with a BP logo superimposed on it. [3]

Fleet list

ShipIn BTC Service DWT Notes
MV Border Regiment1952196916,897Sold and renamed Fortuity. Scrapped 1975.
MV Border Keeper1953197016,000Disposed 1970
MV Border Lass1953197016,548Sold and renamed Mikrasaitis. Resold 1974 and renamed Juanita H. Scrapped 1975.
MV Border Fusilier1954197017,405Sold and renamed Nemeo. Scrapped 1975
MV Border Hunter1954197015,950Sold and renamed Nereide. Scrapped 1975.
MV Border Minstrel1954197217,154Scrapped 1972.
MV Border Laird1955197216,000Scrapped 1972.
MV Border Reiver1955197017,405Sold and renamed Nicea. Scrapped 1976.
MV Border Sentinel1955197015,968Sold and renamed Nettuno. Scrapped 1976.
MV Border Terrier1956197216,028Scrapped 1972.
MV Border Pele1960197620,784Sold 1981 and renamed Five Streams. Scrapped 1984.
MV Border Shepherd1960197620,914Sold and renamed Mariverda IV. 1983 resold and renamed Al Nabila II. Scrapped 1993.
MV Border Castle1961197619,925Sold and renamed Five Brooks. Attacked and set on fire by Iranian gunboats in 1986. Scrapped 1987.
MV Border Chieftain1961197619,999Sold and renamed Achillett. 1987 resold and renamed Spiro. Scrapped 1988.
MV Border Falcon1961197619,949Sold and renamed Gardenia B. Scrapped 1985.

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