**EXHIBIT 12.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION OF THE PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVEOFFICER**

 

I, Anthony Gurnee, certify that:

 

1.	I have reviewed this annual reporton Form 20-F/A of Ardmore Shipping Corporation;

 

2.	Based on my knowledge, this reportdoes not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made,in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by thisreport;

 

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financialstatements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition,results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.	The company's other certifying officer(s)and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e)and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for thecompany and have:

 

(a)	Designed such disclosure controlsand procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities,particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

(b)	Designed such internal control overfinancial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to providereasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for externalpurposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

(c)	Evaluated the effectiveness of thecompany's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

(d)	Disclosed in this report any changein the company's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that hasmaterially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company's internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.	The company's other certifying officer(s)and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company's auditorsand the audit committee of the company's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

(a)	All significant deficiencies andmaterial weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adverselyaffect the company's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

(b)	Any fraud, whether or not material,that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company's internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: April 8, 2016

 

President, Chief Executive Officer and Director (Principal ExecutiveOfficer)