Casgliadau Arlein

General view of shipping at the south side of Barry No.2 Dock. M.V. GEESTCAPE on the right with S.S. CLAN MACINTYRE astern of her.

Refrigerated cargo vessel built 1966 by Scotts’ Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. Ltd. (formerly Greenock Dockyard Co Ltd) for Geest Industries Ltd., Boston. 1975 – Sold to Cie. Franco-Camerounaise de Navigation SA , Dunkerque and renamed NYOMBE (managed by L. Martin & Cie). 1981 – Sold to Reefer Services Co. Ltd., Nassau, and renamed TURTLE. She sank off Ile de Sein on 16 October 1983 following an explosion and fire in No.5 hold. She had been under tow from Le Havre to Almeria with general cargo when she encountered heavy weather. One life – a firefighter – was lost.