About: MV Gardyloo

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MV Gardyloo was a specially designed sewage dumping vessel that operated from Leith between 1978 and 1998. The ship's name is an 18th-century word derived from the French "gardez l’eau" ("mind the water"), used in Edinburgh to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. Prior to 1978, the city of Edinburgh's waste was discharged into the Forth from a series of eight outlets along the coastline, where it often washed back up on beaches and rocks.

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  • MV Gardyloo was a specially designed sewage dumping vessel that operated from Leith between 1978 and 1998. The ship's name is an 18th-century word derived from the French "gardez l’eau" ("mind the water"), used in Edinburgh to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. Prior to 1978, the city of Edinburgh's waste was discharged into the Forth from a series of eight outlets along the coastline, where it often washed back up on beaches and rocks. (en)
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  • 1976-08-28 (xsd:date)
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  • 1976-02-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Ferguson Brothers Ltd., Port Glasgow (en)
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  • 1976-08-28 (xsd:date)
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  • United Kingdom (en)
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  • 1976-02-04 (xsd:date)
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  • *1976-2001: Gardyloo * 2001-2004: Delta Tank * 2004-ongoing: Shollar (en)
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  • * 1976-1996 Lothian Regional Council * 1996-1999 East of Scotland Water Authority * 1999-2001 Whittaker Tanker Co Ltd, Hull * 2001-2004 Delta Tank Shipping Ltd * 2004-ongoing Azerbaijan Caspian Shipping Co., Baku (en)
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  • single-screw (en)
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  • MV Gardyloo was a specially designed sewage dumping vessel that operated from Leith between 1978 and 1998. The ship's name is an 18th-century word derived from the French "gardez l’eau" ("mind the water"), used in Edinburgh to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. Prior to 1978, the city of Edinburgh's waste was discharged into the Forth from a series of eight outlets along the coastline, where it often washed back up on beaches and rocks. (en)
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  • MV Gardyloo (en)
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  • * 2001-2004: Delta Tank (en)
  • * 2004-ongoing: Shollar (en)
  • *1976-2001: Gardyloo (en)
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