GLEN TILT
Shipbuildervessel built by
Alexander HALL & Co.
(Footdee, Aberdeen)
Date1882
Object NameSTEAM SCHOONER
MediumIRON
ClassificationsShip
Dimensionslength 165' 6" x breadth 23' 6" x depth 12' 4"
tonnage 453 tons
tonnage 453 tons
Object numberABDSHIP001199
Keywords
Yard Number: 312
Official Number: 84367
Fate: Stranded on passage from Hull to Stockton with grain on 17 July 1898. Some cargo was saved but a sudden change of the weather for the worse on July 24, when she was nearly ready for refloating, led to her breaking up.
Propulsion: Steam
Description: Screw steamer, 1 deck, 2 masts, schooner rigged, clencher built.
Owners:
1882: John Fleming, Aberdeen.
22/10/1883: Aberdeen Glen Line Steamship Co. Ltd, Aberdeen Registered manager George Milne Cook, shipowner, 60 Marshall Street, Aberdeen and appointed by company 24th June 1891.
02/07/1894: Aberdeen Newcastle & Hull Steam Co. Ltd., Aberdeen. William Skirving appointed manager.
Master:
1882: Master J. S. Scorgie.
1885: Master A. Stephen
Notes: Cost of hull only £7,200. (Builder's List in the Lloyd's Library of the Aberdeen Maritime Museum)
Compound inverted engine, 2 cylinders of 20" and 38" diameter, with length of stroke 24", boiler pressure 90lb., 60 HP, built by Hall Russell, Aberdeen.
15 February 1858
1809
January 1837
