Sale by Tender - Rame Head

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Who's looking for a restoration project? See Sale by Tender - Rame Head (nit mine!)

The Disposal Services Authority (DSA) would like to bring to your attention, the sale by Competitive Tender of ex Royal Naval vessel Rame Head. The vessel is currently berthed at Portsmouth Naval Base.
Rame Head is the last surviving British designed Canadian built Second World War “Fort” class merchant cargo ship.
Launched: 22 November 1944
Out of Service Date: 27th March 2008
Last Refit: 1967
Displacements: Current: 7775 tonnes Full: 12700 tonnes Light: 9000 tonnes
Length: Overall - 134.6 metres
Breadth: 17.5 metres

The vessel will be sold on an “as seen as lying” basis for recycling within the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation (OECD) and in full compliance with the principles of the Basel Convention and all other associated EU & UK legislation including Waste Shipments Regulation (Council Regulation 259/93). Alternatively, it may be purchased individually for re-use/refurbishment for non-warlike purposes, providing the Purchaser can satisfy the DSA that appropriate safeguards are in place governing final disposal. Please click on the Additional Specifications at the bottom of this page for the Tender documents.

For further information, please contact Miss Carla Evans on 020 7305 3086

Viewing dates: 26th - 28th August 2008
Deadline for return of Tender: 10:00hrs on 15th September 2008

Picture Circa 1945.
Manufacturer: N/A

[Mike Timoshyk]

Interesting pic Hanno,

The Rame Head looks to be the same class as 2 former Canadian Navy ships, HMCS CAPE BRETON and HMCS CAPE SCOTT. These ships eventually became Fleet Maintenance ships and were kept "alongside" as workshops. They are both gone now, but those who whose shadows fell upon HMC Dockyard Halifax and HMC Dockyard in Esquimalt would remember them. Without giving away the length of my "teeth", I actually bunked on HMCS CAPE SCOTT during my very early training in the fleet.

A pic of CAPE BRETON attached.

Cheers from Sunny Windsor

Mike Timoshyk (former Stoker)