| History | |
|---|---|
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Ardingly |
| Operator | Stephenson Clarke Shipping, [1] Newcastle upon Tyne |
| Builder | SP Austin & Son Ltd, [2] Southwick, Sunderland |
| Yard number | 406 [2] |
| Launched | 25 October 1950 |
| Completed | 1951 [1] |
| Acquired | 1951 [1] |
| Out of service | 1971 [1] |
| Fate | Sold |
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | MV Ballyrobert [1] |
| Operator | John Kelly, [3] Belfast |
| Acquired | 1971 [3] |
| Out of service | 1977 [3] |
| Identification | IMO number: 5022778 |
| Fate | Sold |
 Cyprus [1] | |
| Name | MV Lucky Trader [1] |
| Acquired | 1977 [1] |
| Out of service | 1982 [1] |
| Identification | IMO number: 5022778 |
| Fate | Scrapped at Piraeus, Greece, 1982 [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Coaster |
| Tonnage | 1,473 GRT; [2] 1,930 long tons (2,160 short tons; 1,960 t) deadweight [2] |
| Length | 240 ft 0 in (73.15 m) |
| Beam | 36 ft 4 in (11.07 m) |
| Draught | 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m) |
| Capacity | 1,860 long tons (2,080 short tons; 1,890 t) [2] |
MV Ardingly was a coaster built in 1951 as a collier for Stephenson Clarke Shipping. [1] She carried coal from North East England to ports in Southern England until this trade declined early in the 1960s. [1] Stephenson Clarke then transferred her to carrying bulk cargoes including limestone and grain. [1]
Many Stephenson Clarke ships were named after places in South East England. [2] MV Ardingly may have been so named because one Stephenson Clarke director, Mr. P.G. Wallace, had been a pupil at Ardingly College in 1909. [1]
In 1971 Stephenson Clarke sold her and a sister ship, MV Steyning , to John Kelly [3] in Northern Ireland. Kelly renamed her MV Ballyrobert [1] after the village of Ballyrobert in County Antrim.
In 1977 Kelly sold her to a Cypriot operator who renamed her MV Lucky Trader. [1] She was sold for scrap and broken up in Piraeus near Athens 1982. [1]